=Facet=--făs´set not fā-sĕt´. A small surface or face;
as one of the _facets_ of a diamond.
=Falchion=--fawl´chun, not făl´chĭ-on. A sword. Worcester
sanctions fawl´shun, also.
=Falcon=--faw´kn, not făl-kŏn.
=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=--fē´brĭl or fĕb´rĭl, not fē´brīle.
Relating to fever.
=February=, as it is spelled, and not Fĕb´u-a-ry, as many say
and write it.
=Feod=, =feodal=, =feodality=--fūd, fūd´al, and
fū-dăl´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=--fĕt´id, not fē´tid.
=Fetor=--fē´tor, not fĕt´or.
=Finale=---fe-nä´lā, not fī´nāle or fī-năl´ly.
=Finance=--fĭ-năns´, not fī´-năns.
=Finances=--fĭ-năn´sĕz, not fī´năn-sĕz.
=Financier=--fĭn-an-seer´, not fī-nan-seer´. =Financial=,
and =financially=, have also the short i in the first syllable.
=Finis=--fī´nis, not fĭn´is.
=Firmament= means the expanse of the sky: the heavens. The
meaning, solid foundation, is obsolete.
=Flannel=, not _flannen_.
=Florid=--flŏr´id, not flō´rĭd.
=Florin=--flŏr´in, not flō-rĭn. A piece of money.
=Florist=--flō´rist, not flŏr´ist.
=Forage=--fŏr´aje, not fō´raje.
=Forceps=--fôr´seps, not fōr´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=--fŏr´ed, not fōr´hĕd. Worcester allows either.
=Foreign=--fŏr´in, not fŭr´in.
=Fortnight=--fôrt´nīte, not fōrt´nīte, fōrt´nĭt
nor fôrt´nĭt. Worcester gives what is authorized above and
fôrt´nĭt.
=Fortress=--fôr´tress, not fōr´tress.
=Fragile=--frăj´ĭl, not frā´jĭl nor frā´jīle.
=Fritter=, not _flitter_, is the name of a kind of fried cake.
=Frivolity=--fri-vŏl´i-ty, not frĭv´ol-ty.
=Frontier=--frŏnt´eer, not frŭnt´eer nor frŭn-teer´.
=Frontispiece=--frŏnt´is-pēse, not frŭnt´is-pēse.
=Fuchsia=--fōōk´sĭ-a, not fū´shĭ-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.