17.16 bilk, ilk, milk, silk, * Liebfraumilch, buttermilk
The cow is of the bovine ilk;
One end is moo, the other, milk.
OGDEN NASH
17.17 filch, milch, zilch
17.18 billed, build, chilled, drilled, filled, gild, grilled, guild, killed, milled, pilled, sild, skilled, thrilled, willed, * unskilled, unfilled, unwilled, self-willed, weak-willed, rebuild, refilled, distilled, strong-willed, fulfilled, Brunhild, * jerry-build, semiskilled, overbuild, unfulfilled, etc.
17.19 film, * clingfilm, * microfilm
17.20 kiln, Milne, * limekiln
17.21 built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt, kilt, lilt, milt, quilt, silt, spilt, stilt, tilt, wilt, * unbuilt, unspilt, well-built, inbuilt, * Vanderbilt, jerry-built, purpose-built, overbuilt, custom-built
17.22 filth, tilth
17.23 bills, Bill’s, drills, fills, frills, gills, hills, ills, kills, Lil’s, mills, Mills, Phil’s, pills, Pils, skills, spills, thrills, wills, Wills, Will’s, * no-frills, * pastilles, windmills, molehills, foothills, * daffodils, espadrilles, * battle of wills, Beverly Hills, etc.
His eye so dim,
So wasted each limb,
That, heedless of grammar, they all cried, ‘That’s him!’
R. H. BARHAM
17.24 brim, dim, grim, Grimm, gym, him, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, limn, Lymm, prim, Pimm, Pym, quim, rim, scrim, shim, Sim, skim, slim, swim, Tim, trim, vim, whim, * bedim, * antonym, acronym, cherubim, seraphim, eponym, interim, synonym, hypernym, hyponym, toponym, homonym, Joachim, pseudonym, * heteronym
17.25 dimmed, skimmed, slimmed, trimmed, * undimmed, untrimmed, broad-brimmed, loose-limbed, * semi-skimmed, etc.
17.26 lymph, nymph
17.27 blimp, chimp, crimp, gimp, imp, limp, pimp, primp, scrimp, shrimp, skimp, wimp
17.28 chimps, glimpse, imps, limps, pimps, shrimps, wimps, etc.
On a sofa upholstered in panther skin
Mona did researches in original sin.
WILLIAM PLOMER
17.29 bin, Bryn, chin, din, fin, Finn, Flynn, gin, Glyn, grin, Gwyn, in, inn, jinn, kin, Lynn, min, pin, PIN, quin, Quinn, shin, sin, skin, spin, thin, tin, twin, whin, win, Wyn, yin, * unpin, akin, agin, therein, wherein, Vietminh, Berlin, herein, begin, built-in, within, King’s Lynn, Penrhyn, Pinyin, chinchin, Turin, Boleyn, * Jacobin, atropin, paladin, Saladin, Anadin®, paraffin, trampoline, Jacqueline, Madeleine, Magdalene, mandolin, Carolyn, lanolin, saccharin, mandarin, Catherine, Mazarin, ramekin, mannequin, Sanhedrin, masculine, albumen, albumin, capuchin, Capuchin, harlequin, wafer-thin, kaolin, chamberlain, Chamberlain, terrapin, next-of-kin, gelatin, keratin, zeppelin, mescalin, Gwendolen, heparin, nectarine, Benjamin, melanin, Peregrine, specimen, feminine, medicine, heroin, heroine, endocrine, Bedouin, genuine, Menuhin, eosin, litter bin, whipper-in, Ritalin®, crinoline, Michelin®, glycerine, vitamin, histamine, Mickey Finn, discipline, Silvikrin®, insulin, bitumen, Scriabin, violin, thiamine, niacin, myelin, Borodin, Rosalyn, sovereign, moccasin, origin, globulin, formalin, warfarin, porphyrin, Ho Chi Minh, Lohengrin, underpin, onionskin, muscadine, Gunga Din, rub it in, bulletin, * Led Zeppelin, adrenaline, amphetamine, unfeminine, tuberculin, through thick and thin, self-discipline, indiscipline, * nitroglycerine, antihistamine, * immunoglobulin
17.30 blink, brink, chink, clink, dink, drink, fink, Frink, gink, Inc., ink, jink, kink, link, mink, pink, plink, prink, rink, shrink, sink, skink, slink, stink, sync, think, twink, wink, zinc, * unthink, bethink, rethink, * ratfink, rethink, lip-sync, Haitink, ice rink, snowblink, cuff link, hoodwink, * Maeterlinck, skating rink, pen-and-ink, rinky-dink, tiddlywink, hyperlink, bobolink, countersink, out of sync, doublethink
They never taste who always drink;
They always talk, who never think.
MATTHEW PRIOR
17.31 blinks, chinks, clinks, drinks, jinx, Lincs, links, lynx, minx, shrinks, sinks, sphinx, stinks, thinks, winks, * methinks, rethinks, high jinks, * ratfinks, larynx, pharynx, golf links, cuff links, * tiddlywinks, forty winks, etc.
17.32 blinked, clinked, inked, kinked, linked, pinked, prinked, winked, * succinct, distinct, extinct, * precinct, instinct, hoodwinked, * index-linked, indistinct, etc.
17.33 cinch, clinch, finch, flinch, grinch, inch, lynch, Lynch, Minch, pinch, winch, * half-inch, * chaffinch, greenfinch, goldfinch, bullfinch
17.34 finned, grinned, Lind, pinned, Sind, sinned, skinned, tinned, twinned, wind, * unpinned, upwind, dark-skinned, fair-skinned, rescind, thick-skinned, thin-skinned, downwind, * trade wind, tailwind, headwind, Chetwynd, destined, whirlwind, sequined, Rifkind, crosswind, woodwind, ruined, * examined, predestined, determined, * Amerind, tamarind, disciplined, Rosalind, underpinned, wunderkind, double-chinned, * undisciplined, * undetermined
17.35 bing, bling, bring, Byng, Ching, cling, ding, fling, Inge, king, King, ling, Ming, ping, ring, sing, Singh, sling, spring, sting, string, swing, Synge, thing, ting, Ting, Tring, wing, wring, zing, * unsling, unstring, Nanking, Ram Singh, Beijing, left-wing, Peking, I Ching, bling-bling, Taiping, right-wing
A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
ALEXANDER POPE
17.36 brings, clings, kings, Kings, rings, sings, springs, strings, swings, things, wings, * Palm Springs, * Alice Springs, waterwings, underthings, etc.
17.37 binge, cringe, dinge, fringe, hinge, minge, singe, springe, swinge, whinge, tinge, twinge, * unhinge, impinge, syringe, infringe, * scavenge, challenge, orange, Orange, lozenge
17.38 mince, prince, quince, rinse, since, Vince, wince, * convince, evince, * province, * Port-au-Prince
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon.
EDWARD LEAR
17.39 bint, clint, Clint, dint, flint, Flint, glint, hint, lint, mint, print, skint, splint, sprint, squint, stint, tint, * reprint, imprint, * catmint, varmint, spearmint, enprint, reprint, skinflint, imprint, misprint, offprint, voiceprint, thumbprint, footprint, blueprint, newsprint, * aquatint, peppermint, mezzotint, fingerprint, overprint, wunderkind, * Septuagint
17.40 Clint’s, flints, glints, hints, chintz, splints, squints, tints, etc.
17.41 plinth, * absinthe, helminth, Corinth, * labyrinth, terebinth, hyacinth
17.42 bins, Binns, chins, fins, Finns, grins, Lynn’s, quins, shins, sins, skins, spins, tins, twins, * unpins, begins, * Jacobins, Jacqueline’s, Madeleine’s, mandolins, Carolyn’s, mandarins, Catherine’s, ramekins, mannequins, Capuchins, terrapins, nectarines, Benjamin’s, medicines, heroines, Bedouins, litter bins, withershins, crinolines, vitamins, violins, moccasins, origins, underpins, bulletins, * amphetamines, etc.
17.43 blip, chip, clip, dip, drip, flip, grip, gyp, hip, kip, lip, nip, pip, Pip, quip, rip, scrip, ship, sip, skip, slip, snip, strip, tip, trip, Tripp, whip, zip, * unhip, unclip, unzip,