aning, solid foundation, is obsolete.

=Flannel=, not _flannen_.

=Florid=--fl[)o]r'id, not fl[=o]'r[)i]d.

=Florin=--fl[)o]r'in, not fl[=o]-r[)i]n. A piece of money.

=Florist=--fl[=o]'rist, not fl[)o]r'ist.

=Forage=--f[)o]r'aje, not f[=o]'raje.

=Forceps=--for'seps, not f[=o]r'seps. The word is spelled the
same in both the singular and the plural numbers. Such mistakes
as, "hand me a forcep," instead of "hand me a forceps," are
very common. Strictly speaking, "a pair of forceps," ought, I
suppose, to mean _two_ forceps; but like the expressions "a
pair of scissors" and "a pair of stairs," the phrase has been
in use so long that it must be tolerated.

=Forehead=--f[)o]r'ed, not f[=o]r'h[)e]d. Worcester allows either.

=Foreign=--f[)o]r'in, not f[)u]r'in.

=Fortnight=--fort'n[=i]te, not f[=o]rt'n[=i]te, f[=o]rt'n[)i]t
nor fort'n[)i]t. Worcester gives what is authorized above and
fort'n[)i]t.

=Fortress=--for'tress, not f[=o]r'tress.

=Fragile=--fr[)a]j'[)i]l, not fr[=a]'j[)i]l nor fr[=a]'j[=i]le.

=Fritter=, not _flitter_, is the name of a kind of fried cake.

=Frivolity=--fri-v[)o]l'i-ty, not fr[)i]v'ol-ty.

=Frontier=--fr[)o]nt'eer, not fr[)u]nt'eer nor fr[)u]n-teer'.

=Frontispiece=--fr[)o]nt'is-p[=e]se, not fr[)u]nt'is-p[=e]se.

=Fuchsia=--f[=o][=o]k's[)i]-a, not f[=u]'sh[)i]-a. Worcester
gives the latter.

=Fuzz=, not _furze_, is the word to use, if used at all, when the
embryo whiskers, or the downy surface of fruit, etc., are
meant. Down is the more appropriate word. _Furze_ is the name
of an evergreen shrub.

G.

=Gallivating=, not _gallivanting_. Gallivanting is a word that is
used to some extent, being applied to persons that are roaming
about for amusement or adventure; as, "this young man has been
_gallivanting_ around." If it is a corruption of _gallanting_,
it should certainly be abolished as a vulgarism; but if it is a
corruption of _gallivating_, from _gallivat_, the name of a
small sailing vessel, it might be clothed in its proper garb
and retained as a useful word in our language. If either is
used, the one above preferred should be chosen, at any rate.

=Gallows=--g[)a]l'lus, not g[)a]l'l[=o]z. =Gallowses=, plural.

=Gamin=--ga-m[)a]