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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... DICTIONARY OF RHYMES. A AB, or ABB. As in cab. Bab, cab, dab, Mab, gab, nab, blab, ciab, drab, scab, stab, slab, St. Abb. As in squab. See Ob. ABE. Babe, astrolabe. AC. Zodiac, maniac, demoniac, ammoniac, almanac, symposiac, hypochondriac, aphrodisiac, crack, lac, brach, back, hack, bric-a-brac, jack, lack, pack, quack, tack, sack, rack, black, clack, crack, knack, slack, snack, stack, track, wrack, attack, smack, thwack, arrack. ACE. Ace, dace, pace, face, lace, mace, race, brace, chace, grace, place, Thrace, space, trace, apace, deface, efface, disgrace, displace, misplace, embrace, grimace, interlace, retrace, populace, carapace, base, case, abase, debase, vase. ACH. See Atch. ACHE. See Ake. ACS. See Ax. ACT. Act, iact, fract, pact, tract, attract, abstract, extract, tact, intact, contact, compact, contract, subact, co-act, detract, distract, exact, protract, enact, infract, subtract, transact, retract, re-act, cataract, counteract, the preterites and participles of verbs in ACK. AD, or ADD. As in bad. Add, bad, dad, gad, fad, had lad, mad, pad, sad, brad, clad, glad, plaid (?), cad, chad, shad, etc. As in wad. See Od. ADE. Cade, fade, made, jade, lade, wade, blade, bade, glade, shade, spade, trade, degrade, evade, dissuade, invade, persuade, blockade, brigade, estrade, arcade, esplanade, cavalcade, cascade, cockade, crusade, masquerade, renegade, retrograde, serenade, gambade, brocade, ambuscade, cannonade, palisade, rhodomontade, aid, maid, raid, braid, lemonade, staid, upbraid, afraid, and the preterites and participles of verbs in Ay. Ey. and ElGH. (The word pomade still retains the French ade, and rhymes with huzzaed, psha'd, baad.) ADGE. Badge, cadge. ADZE. Adze, rhymes plural of nouns, or third person singular present of verbs, ..
