Section F, G and H

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In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the
bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.

Feb`ru*a"tion (?), n. [L.
februatio. See february.] Purification; a
sacrifice. [Obs.] Spenser.

Fe"cal (fē"kal), a. [Cf.
F. fécal. See Feces.] relating to, or
containing, dregs, feces, or ordure; fæcal.

Fec"che (?), v. t. To fetch.
[Obs.] Chaucer.

Fe"ces (?), n. pl. dregs;
sediment; excrement. See FÆces.

Fe"cial (?), a. [L. fetialis
belonging to the fetiales, the Roman priests who sanctioned
treaties and demanded satisfaction from the enemy before a formal
declaration of war.] Pertaining to heralds, declarations of war,
and treaties of peace; as, fecial law. Kent.

Fe"ci*fork` (?), n. [Feces +
fork.] (Zoöl.) The anal fork on which the
larvæ of certain insects carry their fæces.

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Notes and Queries, Number 01, November 3, 1849 (page 53) First and Last Things (page 221) Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing (page 119)

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