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Meaning of APHTHONG

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Aph"thong\ (?; 277), n. [Gr. ? silent; 'a priv. + ?
voice, sound, fr. ? to sound.]
A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a
word, but in the pronunciation having no sound. --
{Aph*thon"gal}, a.
 
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