HOMOGRAPHS XCVIII

What single word satisfies both or all of the clues?

1. Kind of ship

    Kind of teacher

    Kind of sandwich

 

2. Nonsense, rubbish

    Animal intestine used for food

 

 3. Source of electricity

     Emplacement for heavy guns

     Pitcher and catcher in baseball

 

4. Testify or give evidence under oath

    Overthrow, force from office - as by a coup

 

5. Kind of basket

    Interfere, restrict

 

6. Wail in sorrow or grief

    Sharp, highly developed

 

7. Prolonged state of unconsciousness

    The envelope around the nucleus of a comet

 

8. One of the meanings of three different homographs has to do with employment. What are the three homographs?

Answers:

1. SUB

2. TRIPE

3. BATTERY

4. DEPOSE

5. HAMPER

6. KEEN

7. COMA

8. CAN, FIRE, SACK