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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #5425 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

moystmoist

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it
212 times in 117 works
Consistency
92.5% (212 of 229)
Reach if approved
~241 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: moist
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
229 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (212 changes in 117 works, 92.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 212)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the Sunne is conſtant, ſhee mutable: hee hote, ſhee colde: hee dry, and ſhee moyſtmoist.
    With rule
    … the Sunne is conſtant, ſhee mutable: hee hote, ſhee colde: hee dry, and ſhee moyſtmoist.

    Archibald Simson · The Seven Days · p. 57 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … and denne, ſhould abyde drye and not rotten, fearing leaſt ſodenly they ſhould waxe moyſtmoist, and become like mylke, and that being moyſtened with the moyſtnes of the place …
    With rule
    … and denne, ſhould abyde drye and not rotten, fearing leaſt ſodenly they ſhould waxe moyſtmoist, and become like mylke, and that being moyſtened with the moyſtnes of the place …

    Pierre Viret · The School of Beasts · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    And riuers flow, to moystmoist them, all the yeare.
    With rule
    And riuers flow, to moystmoist them, all the yeare.

    George Wither · Exercises Upon the First Psalm in Prose and Verse · p. 141 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … hope to come: as Pilgromes & ſtrangers. This vvil be a caſting of ſeede vpon moyſtmoist ground: vvhich vvill fructifie: that as one ſoovveth he shall reape. Therfore vvhile vve …
    With rule
    … hope to come: as Pilgromes & ſtrangers. This vvil be a caſting of ſeede vpon moyſtmoist ground: vvhich vvill fructifie: that as one ſoovveth he shall reape. Therfore vvhile vve …

    Hugh Broughton · A Comment Upon Coheleth · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … may cleaue in the roofe of our mouth and bowels, entering into and making moyſtmoist all the corners, both of our ſoules and body. Drinking and eating, doe appertayne …
    With rule
    … may cleaue in the roofe of our mouth and bowels, entering into and making moyſtmoist all the corners, both of our ſoules and body. Drinking and eating, doe appertayne …

    Robert Crowley · The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … was in his time, but also teacheth, that in the Sacrament is drie and moystmoist nourishment, that is bread and drink, and not bare accidents, as the Transubstantiators affirme …
    With rule
    … was in his time, but also teacheth, that in the Sacrament is drie and moystmoist nourishment, that is bread and drink, and not bare accidents, as the Transubstantiators affirme …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 41 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … vp lightnings & thunder there: and in the loweſt region, and can gather together the moyſtmoist vapors and hot exhalations, and ſo temper them, that they may cauſe great windes …
    With rule
    … vp lightnings & thunder there: and in the loweſt region, and can gather together the moyſtmoist vapors and hot exhalations, and ſo temper them, that they may cauſe great windes …

    Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 183 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    F UUarme and moystmoist.
    With rule
    F UUarme and moystmoist.

    William Perkins · Four Great Liars Striving · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 are listed here. 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Four Great Liars Striving A09431

  • Printed
    T MoystMoist.
    With rule
    T MoystMoist.

    William Perkins · Four Great Liars Striving · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    T MoystMoist weather.
    With rule
    T MoystMoist weather.

    William Perkins · Four Great Liars Striving · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    T MoystMoist dewes
    With rule
    T MoystMoist dewes

    William Perkins · Four Great Liars Striving · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    B MoystMoist weather.
    With rule
    B MoystMoist weather.

    William Perkins · Four Great Liars Striving · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    T MoystMoist.
    With rule
    T MoystMoist.

    William Perkins · Four Great Liars Striving · Open in the reader

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

  • Printed
    MoyſtMoist clowdes long ſince, have waſht the purpled graſſe,
    With rule
    MoyſtMoist clowdes long ſince, have waſht the purpled graſſe,

    Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms A63066

  • Printed
    But thou broughteſt us out into a wealthy place] Heb. MoyſtMoist, that is, into the air, ſaith Aben-Ezra, (oppoſed to Fire and Water) where …
    With rule
    But thou broughteſt us out into a wealthy place] Heb. MoyſtMoist, that is, into the air, ſaith Aben-Ezra, (oppoſed to Fire and Water) where …

    John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 754 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

  • Printed
    … Gods wrath? In the Originall it is Wood (for Tree) by a Synechdoche, and MoystMoist for Green by a Metonymie.
    With rule
    … Gods wrath? In the Originall it is Wood (for Tree) by a Synechdoche, and MoystMoist for Green by a Metonymie.

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 278 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    MoystMoist]
    With rule
    MoystMoist]

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 426 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    MoystMoist, perfect, or the South. A Countrey, Gen. 36. 34. The inhabitants called Temanites, Job 12. 11.
    With rule
    MoystMoist, perfect, or the South. A Countrey, Gen. 36. 34. The inhabitants called Temanites, Job 12. 11.

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 643 · Open in the reader

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America A77237

  • Printed
    MoyſtMoist ſnowie February is my laſt,
    With rule
    MoyſtMoist ſnowie February is my laſt,

    Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 64 · Open in the reader