er
pronounces it k[)o]n-ver-saet-ze-[=o]'n[=a]. The plural is
conversazioni (-n[=e]).

=Corporal= punishment, not cor-p[=o]'re-al.

=Cortege=--kor't[=a]zh, not kor't[=e]je. A train of attendants.

=Councilor=, is a member of council.

=Counselor=, one who gives advice. Worcester's spelling is
councillor and counsellor.

=Creek=, not kr[)i]ck.

=Creole.= From Webster's dictionary are taken the following
definitions and remarks:

1. "One born in America, or the West Indies, of European
ancestors.

2. "One born within or near the tropics, of any color. 'The
term creole negro is employed in the English West Indies to
distinguish the negroes born there from the Africans
imported during the time of the slave trade. The application
of this term to the colored people has led to an idea common
in some parts of the United States, though wholly unfounded,
that it implies an admixture greater or less of African
blood.'--R. Hildreth."

=Crinoline=--kr[)i]n'o-l[)i]n, not kr[)i]n'o-l[=i]ne nor
kr[)i]n'o-leen.

=Cuirass=--kw[=e]-r[)a]s' or kw[=e]'r[)a]s, not k[=u]'r[)a]s. A
piece of armor.

=Cuisine=--kwe-z[=e]n', not k[=u]-seen' or k[=u]-z[=i]ne'.
Cooking or cooking department.

=Culinary=--k[=u]'li-na-ry, not k[)u]l'i-na-ry.

=Cupola=--k[=u]'po-la, not k[=u]-po-l[=o]'.

D.

=Dahlia=--dael'ya or d[=a]l'-ya, not d[)a]l'ya.

=Dare not=, not darse'nt.

=Data=--d[=a]'ta, not d[)a]t'a, is the plural of datum (d[=a]'tum).

=Debris=--d[=a]-br[=e]', not d[=e]'br[)i]s nor d[=a]'br[=e].
Rubbish, ruins.

=Decade=--d[)e]k'ade, not d[=e]'kade nor d[=e]-k[=a]de'. Ten in
number.

=Defalcate=--de-f[)a]l'kate, not de-fawl'k[=a]te.

=Defalcation=--d[=e]-f[)a]l-k[=a]'shun not d[=e]-fawl-k[=a]'shun.
Worcester gives d[)e]f-al-k[=a]'shun. No such word as
_defalcater_ is seen.

=Deficit=--d[)e]f'i-sit, not de-f[=i]'sit nor de-f[)i]s'sit. A
deficiency.

=Delusion=, not _illusion_, when deception occurs from want of
knowledge of the world, ignorance of business or trade, or from
lack of acumen generally. Illusions are deceptions arising from
a temporarily or permanently disordered imagination, or from
phenomena oc