| H (h) |
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| v. t. | ( ch) |
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| H |
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the eighth letter of the English
alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the
mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It
is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds
which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th,
***thlig], as in shall, thing, ***thlig]ine
(for zh see 𨵪); also, to modify the sounds of some
other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which
it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in
charm (written also tch as in catch), with the
latter, the sound of f, as in phase, phantom. In
some words, mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages,
h following c and g indicates that those
consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and
y, as in chemistry, chiromancy, chyle,
Ghent, Ghibelline, etc.; in some others, ch has
the sound of sh, as in chicane. See Guide to
Pronunciation, §§ 153, 179, 181-3, 237-8.
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The seventh degree in the
diatonic scale, being used by the Germans for B natural. See
B.
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