not.

=Excrescence=--ex-kr[)e]s'sense not ex-kr[=e]'sense. A
superfluous appendage: morbid outgrowth.

=Expect= has reference to the future only, and not to the present
or past. "I _expect_ that you are wrong." "I _expect_ you were
disappointed yesterday," are errors. There is an abundance of
words that may be correctly used, as _suppose_, _suspect_,
_imagine_, _believe_ and _think_.

=Expose= (Fr. expose)--[)e]ks-po-z[=a]', not ex-p[=o]z'. An
exposition; statement.

=Exquisite=--[)e]ks'qu[)i]-z[)i]t, not eks-qu[)i]z'it[)e].
=Exquisitely= is accented on the first syllable also.

=Extant=--ex'tant not ex-t[)a]nt'.

=Extol=--ex-t[)o]l', not ex-t[=o]'. =Extolled=, ex-t[)o]ld', etc.

F.

=Facet=--f[)a]s'set not f[=a]-s[)e]t'. A small surface or face;
as one of the _facets_ of a diamond.

=Falchion=--fawl'chun, not f[)a]l'ch[)i]-on. A sword. Worcester
sanctions fawl'shun, also.

=Falcon=--faw'kn, not f[)a]l-k[)o]n.

=Fang.= When applied to a tooth, _fang_ means the portion that is
outside of the jaw. This name is often, even by dentists,
erroneously given to the _root_ or part that is set into the jaw.

=Far=, not _fur_.

=Febrile=--f[=e]'br[)i]l or f[)e]b'r[)i]l, not f[=e]'br[=i]le.
Relating to fever.

=February=, as it is spelled, and not F[)e]b'u-a-ry, as many say
and write it.

=Feod=, =feodal=, =feodality=--f[=u]d, f[=u]d'al, and
f[=u]-d[)a]l'i-ty. Relating to a kind of tenure formerly
existing in Europe, in which military services were rendered by
the tenant as a consideration. =Feud=, =feudal=, =feudality=,
is the orthography generally adopted now.

=Ferret.= A ferret is an animal of the weasel kind, used to drive
rabbits out of their burrows, and not a species of dog.

=Fetid=--f[)e]t'id, not f[=e]'tid.

=Fetor=--f[=e]'tor, not f[)e]t'or.

=Finale=---fe-nae'l[=a], not f[=i]'n[=a]le or f[=i]-n[)a]l'ly.

=Finance=--f[)i]-n[)a]ns', not f[=i]'-n[)a]ns.

=Finances=--f[)i]-n[)a]n's[)e]z, not f[=i]'n[)a]n-s[)e]z.

=Financier=--f[)i]n-an-seer', not f[=i]-nan-seer'. =Financial=,
and =financially=, have also the short i in the first syllable.

=Finis=--f[=i]'nis, not f[)i]n'is.

=Firmament= means the expanse of the sky: the heavens. The
me