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106 noun and a verb, the verb has mostly the accent on the latter, and the noun on the former syllable: as,

There are many exceptions to the rule just enunciated (so that, correctly as well as familiarly speaking, it is perhaps no rule;) for though verbs seldom have an accent on the former, yet nouns frequently have it on the latter syllable: as,

The former syllable of most dissyllables ending in y, our, ow, le, ish, ck, ter, age, en, et, is accented: as, "Gránny, noódle," &c.

Except allów, avów, endów, bestów, belów.