Noah Webster
Paronomasy
PARONOM'ASY , noun [from Gr. to transgress law or rule.]
A rhetorical figure, by which words nearly alike in sound, but of different meanings, are affectedly or designedly used; a play upon words; a pun. [See Pun.]
PARONOM'ASY , noun [from Gr. to transgress law or rule.]
A rhetorical figure, by which words nearly alike in sound, but of different meanings, are affectedly or designedly used; a play upon words; a pun. [See Pun.]