Br wking I
This is a 'working page', to hold the raw Main List of Bridges homophones. As the articles on each homophone are written, they will be added to the effective category category:Bridges I; the entry in this list will then be deleted.
aisle - isle - I'll
our - hour
balm - barm
bite - bight
bound (leap, limit, inflection)
bank (ground, money)
barrow ([wheel-, hill)
bat (club, mammal)
bustle (hurry, dress)
but - butt (tub, verb)
base - bass
bate - bait
beck (and nod; brook)
bell - belle
berry - bury
bear (noun & verb) - bare (adjective & verb
berth - birth
bee - be
beat - beet
beetle (insect, hammer)
beach - beech
beer - bier
blow (stroke, wind)
brau - bow
bogy - bogie
bole - bowl
bolt (weapon, sift, run)
bore (perforate, tidal, inflection); boar
ball - bawl
born - borne
boy - buoy
boil (noun, verb)
box (tree, receptacle, verb)
bray (donkey, pound) - brae
break - brake (fern, carriages "bis"? )
braze (solder, brazen) - braise - braes
breach - breech
breeze (wind, a fly, cinders)
hew - hue
down (dune, fluff, adverb)
doubt - dout
dam ( mother, obstruction) - damn
duck (bird, dear, stuff, verb)
dun (colour, importune) - done
date (fruit, calendar)
dean - dene
desert - dessert
dew - due
doe - dough
dock (plant, basin, shear)
drill (sow, bore, train)
drupe - droop
jar (vase, discord)
jamb - jam
jet (mineral, squirt)
gin (drink, trap) - djinn
the - thee
eh! - aye (ever)
ale - ail
eight - ait/eyot - ate (eat)
egg (noun, incite)
elder (tree, senior)
air - heir - ere - e'er
airship - heirship
aery - airy
earn - urn - erne (eagle)
alight (adj, verb)
ascent - assent
foul - fowl
fallow (untilled, colour)
fane - feign - fain
faint - feint
fast (eccles., adj. various)
fate - fête
fell (fierce, skin, hill, inflect fall)
fellow - felloe
ferule - ferrule
fair - fare (x 2) - phare
fir - fur
feet - feat (n.) - feat (adj., obscure)
fit (befit, conflict) - fytte [obs.]
flag (vb, ensign, plant, -stone)
flee - flea
flow - floe
flock (herd, of wool)
flue (chimney, velu [???]) - flew
fluke (fish, anchor, slang [?~lucky chance?])
fold (wrap, of sheep) - foaled
foil ( noun, verb, fencer's)
fray (ravel, combat)
fret (eat away, adorn, of a lute)
freeze - frieze (architectural, cloth) - frees (inflect)
gamble - gambol
gum (resin, teeth)
gird (encircle, revile)
glare - glair (white of egg), + glary - glairy
gore (pierce, triangle, blood)
groin - groyne
great - grate (n., v.)
high - hie
hide (v., skin) - hied
hack (hew, hackney)
hamper (basket, impede)
hail! - hail - hale (adj., haul)
helm (of ship, helmet)
hair - hare
heal - heel - he'll
hole - whole, + holy - wholly - holey
home - holm
hoard - horde
hawk (bird, hawker, "hoquet" [?spit? ?hiccough?])
hall - haul
halt (v., adj.)
horse - hoarse
hock (of horse, wine) + pawning
hop (jump, plant)
hew - hue
even (noun. adj.)
ear ([?]hearing, plough, corn)
yoke - yolk
yew - ewe - you
ure - ewer - your
card (noun, verb [textiles])
cask - casque
cast - caste
cart - carte - quart (cards and fencing)
count (noun, verb)
counter (opp., in shop, in games)
couch (''coucher, grass [???])
caddy (lad, box)
can (noun, verb)
curry (food, comb)
colonel - kernel
cape (dress, headland)
caper (skip, plant)
case (event, receptacle)
cashier (noun, verb)
keen (verb, adjective)
climb - clime
cleek - clique
coal - cole
cope ('noun, verb)
core - corps - caw
coat - cote
cork - caulk
call - caul
corn (grain, horny growth)
coarse - course - corse
cobble (patch, boat, -stones)
cock (noun, verb; hay)
cockle (verb, nouns various)
creak - creek
cricket (insect, game)
cruel - crewel
crews - cruise - cruse
coombe (valley) - coom (dry measure)
quiver (noun, verb)
queen - quean
last (adj, vb, n)
lyre - liar
lichen - liken
light (noun, not heavy)
lighten
lack - lac - lakh
lap (lick up, fold, knees [?])
lay (noun bis, verb)
lake (pond, colour)
let (allow, lease, hinder obd.)
lea - lea
leaf - lief
league (noun) - league (verb, noun)
leak - leek
lean (verb, adj.)
leech (sucker & doctor, of sail)
leave (quit, permit)
limp (adj, vb)
link (chain, torch); also golf-links
liver (organ, one who lives)
lo! - low (adj, cow)
load - lode - lowed
loan - lone
lock (of door, of hair) - loch [!])
long (adj, vb)
lorn - lawn
mast (of ship, beech mast)
march (step, boundary) - March
mine (noun, poss pn)
mite - might (noun, verb)
mitre (head-dress, carpentry)
mass (quantity, office)
match (equal, mèche [wick])
muff (dress, a stupid)
may (maid, obs; verb) - May
male - mail (coat of, post)
mane - main
mace (staff, spice)
mare - mayor
meed - mead (meadow, drink)
mean (intends, intermediate, poor) - mien
mere (pool, adj)
mint (herb, coining)
miss - Miss
mute (adj, of birds)
moat - mote
mow (various senses) - mot (French)
mole (animal, skin, breakwater)
mould (model, earth, rust)
maul (disfigure) - Mall (place) - mahl (stick)
morn - mourn (and morning - mourning)
moor (country) - Moor (race)
night - knight
none - nun
need - knead - knee'd
neat (noun, adjective)
no - lnow
not - knot
oar - ore - or - o'er - awe
all - awl - orle (heraldry)
ought (zero, verb) - ort (obs)
par - pas (faux)
pie (bird, dish)
pale (stake, pallid) - pail
pile (heap, stake, hair)
pine (verb, tree)
pound (weight, enclosure, bruise)
pounce (verb, pumice)
paten - patten - pattern
pulse (beat, pease)
punch (strike, drink) - Punch (Judy)
page (paper, boy)
pane - pain
peck (measure, verb)
pelt (throw, skin)
pen (writing, inclose [sic])
pair - pare - pear
pearl - purl (flow, knit)
pique - peak (peek)
peal - peel [x2]
peep (look, chirp)
peace - piece
peach (fruit, [im]peach)
peer (look, noun) - pier
pill (ball, pill[age])
pink (flower, colour, pierce)
pip (seed, disease (of birds), on cards) [Philip]
pitch (noun, to fall &c)
plight (pledge, 'sad plight') - plight or plite (plait)
plat (of ground) - plait
plum - plumb
plump (adj, fall heavily)
plot (of ground, stratagem, + verbs)
pole - poll
poach (eggs, steal game)
potter (noun, vb)
pall ( verb, cloak) - pawl (mechanics) [- Paul - Paull]
pry (inquisitive, p. open)
prune (fruit, verb)
rye [common n, proper n.] - wry
rime - rhyme
rabbit - rabbet (carpentry)
rally (assembly, raillery)
rank (substantive [+ vb], rancid)
rap - wrap
ras (noun, verb)
rum (queer, drink) rhumb ("naut.")
rung (noun, past pp) - wrung
rush (noun, verb)
rape (seed, ravish, divsn of county, obs)
race (family, root, that is run)
rate (proportion, to chide)
rut (furrow, of animals)
rake (tool, prodigal, of a ship)
rail (fence, chide, bird)
rent (payment, noun 'tear', inflection of rend)
rest (repose, remainder) - wrest
reed - read
reel (highland, cotton)
reach - retch [?]
reave - reeve (nautical, bailiff (obs))
rifle (ransack, groove)
rear (raise, arriere)
rig (of ship, prank (riggish), of barley)
rick (of corn) - rick/wrick (strain)
ring - wring
repair (mend, resort)
row (oar, line) - roe (eggs, deer)
roll (various) - role
rock (stone, verb) - roc
rocket (plant, firework)
rue (plant, vb of ruth)
room - rheum
root - route
rout - route (military)
sign - sine
site - sight - cite
size (magnitude, glue)
sough - sow
sound (noise, fathom, adj, strait of sea, fish bladder)
sack (bag, plunder, wine)
sallow (willow, pale colour)
sap (of trees, mine)
sum - some
sun - son (+ sunny, sonnie)
sage (plant, adj)
sale - sail
sell - cell
sense - cense
censual - sensual
surge - serge
surf - serf
scent - cent - sent
session - cession
sea - see
seed - cede
seal (animal, sign) - ciel/ceil
seam - seem
sear - sere - cere - seer
serial - cereal
signet - cygnet
cist (box) - cyst
scar (of wound, a rock)
skull - scull
scale (shell, of balance, of stairs [? vb?])
scald (burn) - skald (poet, Norse)
scrub (of shrubs, verb)
sledge (vehicle, s-hammer [& Aussie cricket])
slight - sleight
slay - sleigh
slate (noun, abuse)
slop (puddle, loose garment)
slot (track, bar)
sole (adj, fish [shoe])
sow - sew
saw (tool, maxim, p.t. see) - soar - sore
soil (grounjd, defile, vb, of horses)
spar (mineral, beam, to box)
salter - psalter
source - sauce
spell (incantation, letters, turn of work)
spill (upset, match)
spit (vb, roasting, of land)
spray (drizzle, sprig)
spruce (tree, adj.)
style - stile
stud (nail, of horses)
stake (post, deposit) - steak
step - steppe
stair - stare
stern (adj., of ship)
staeal - steel - stele
steep (adj., vb.)
steer (direst, young ox)
still (tranquil, distil)
stalk (stem, vb.) - stork
story - storey
strand (shore, fibre)
strain (vb & noun, breed)
strait - straight
stroker (a blow, fondle)
stoup - stoop
shed (scatter, shelter)
tart (adj., pie)
time - thyme
tap (to strike, spigot)
tale - tail - [estate in] tail
tender (adj, noun 'attender' [verb])
tent (pavilion, plug of lint n. & vb, wine [& Scots])
teem - team
tick (bedding, sheep, clock, credit) - tic
till (cash drawer, until [ground])
tilt (vb 'to make aslant', tourney, of caravan)
tip (top, make to slant, gift)
toe - tow (hemp, to draw a boat)
toll (tax, of bells)
taught - taut - tort
toil (labour, snare)
top (summit, toy)
truck (vehicle, nautical, barter)
trump (box, trumpet, of elephant)
tray - trait
trace (track, harness)
chair - chare
chap (crack, chapman, cheek)
char (burn, fish, -woman)
chop (with hatchet, and change [and waves])
chuck (chick, strike gently [chow])
chase (hunt, enchase, printer's case, groove)
vice (depravity, clench, deputy)
valley - valet
van (front of army, fan, caravan)
vale - veil - vail
vain - vane - vein
won - one
wake (awake, watch, of ship)
wain - wane
waste - waist
wait - weight
wave - waive
well (good, spring)
wee - we
weak - week
ween wean
war - wore [?]
would - wood
