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Drag-saw (no quot.). Spon, ut supra, p. 355, " The log is brought under a drag saw."

Dram-curb (cf. ' Dram," sb. 2). Spon, ut supra, p. 678, " A dram-curb is provided, being a circular frame of wood."

Dwang.Also Dwanging, vbl. sb. in 1889. ' Cham- bers's Ency.,' s.y. ' Floor.'

Ecology (nob in). 1902, Nature, 17 April, p. 574, " The ecology of a glacial lake."

Egalitarian (nonce- wd.). 1898, Bodley, 'France,' i. 162, " in warlike but egalitarian France." Also pp. 164, 192, 198, 201.

Eikonogen, eiko (not in). 189i{, W. K. Burton, 1 Mod. Photog.' (tenth edition), p. 92, " Eikonogen. -This developer was introduced in 1889." Also 1894, 'Amer. Ann. Photog.,' p. 112, "I have tried pyro, hydro, eiko, metol, rodinal, and amidol as reducers."

Electricity. Might not Gilbert's baptismal words be quoted ?

Electromobile (not in). 1900, G. lies, 'Flame, Electricity, and the Camera,' p. 148, " An electro- mobile cab." Ibid., p. 1, " We travel in an elec- tronic-bile."

Ellipsograph (no quot.). Spon, ut supra, p. 485. Also 1897, English Mechanic, p. 456.

Elucidation (earlier). 1546 (title), 'First Ex-

amiuacyon of Anne Askewe with the Elucyda-

cyon of Johan Bale.'

Enantioblastic (not in). 1884, Henfrey, ' Element. Bot.' (fourth ed.), p. 155, "The radicle generally points to the hilum (homoblastic), rarely away from it (enantioblastic)."

Enantiomorphous (not in). 1895, Bloxam, ' Chem.' (eighth ed.), p. 600, "The sodium-ammonium race- mate has the same crystalline form as the tar-

trate, but whilst all the crystals of this salt are exactly alike, those of the racemate differ from each other in the position of a certain unsym- metrical face ; this is on the right hand in one kind, and on the left hand in the other (euantio- morphous)."

Encystion (not in). 1859, P.,H. Gosse, ' Evenings at the Microscope,' ed. 1877, p. 406, " Another and highly curious mode of increase, namely, that which is effected by encystion."

End (technical sense not in). Spon, ut supra,

E. 169, " Ends are pieces of plank, deal, or batten 5ss than 8 ft. long.''

Endoclinal (not in). 1901, Nature, p. 514, col. 1, " The Silurian tableland, its endless overfolds, its endoclinal and exoclinal structures."

Eneuresis (not in). 1892, 'Chambers's Ency.,' vol. x. p. 403, " Incontinence of Urine, or Eneuresis."

Entomoiogically (not in). 1810, Kirby, in Kirby and Spence, ' Introd. Entomol.' (ed. 1856), p. 601, "A friend who was formerly entomologically inclined."

Epigeal (no quot.). Henfrey, ut supra, p. 652,

" The seed-leaves are pushed up above ground,

and become epigeal "

Epinette (not in). Spon, ut supra, p. 147, " Spruce (American White), Epinette, or Sapinette blanche (Abies alba)."

Episcopophagoufi (not in). 1900, Huxley, in ' Life,' vol. i. p. 210, "The tone of the [Natural History] Review will be mildly episcopophagous. "

Ergograph (not in). 1897, E. W. Scripture, 'New Psychology,' p. 230, " To measure the work done in muscular movements, Mosso has invented' the ergo- graph."

Erythroain (not in). 1899, ' Orthochromatic Photog.' (ed. Tenuant), p. 272, "Erythrosin

This dye [is] one of the most important in ortho- chromatic photography."

Ester (not in). Bloxam, ut supra, p. 618, " Ethereal Salts formed from Acids by the Sub- stitution of an Alcohol Radicle for Basylous Hydrogen. These compounds (sometimes termed esters) are numerous and important."

Eucyclic (not in). Henfrey, ut supra, p. 90, "A flower thus presenting all the whorls is called complete, or eucyclic."

Evolution (sense 6c). Date of Darwin quot. should be 1872, not 1859.

Exhalent (not in). 1892, A. B. Griffiths, ' Physiol.

of Invertebrata,' p. 184, " Currents of water

take their exit through the exhalent pores."

Exies. Cf. also Axes.

ExoclinaL See Eudoclinal, above.

Expedite, sb. (obs.). 1853, J. C. Maxwell, in 'Life' (ed. 1884), p. 136, " We had little expedites and walks."

Exposure meter (not in). 1899, ' Platinotype Processes ' (ed. Tennant), p. 335, " When using art exposure meter,- we can easily ascertain the correct time of exposure."

J. DOKMER.

Redmorion, Woodside Green, S.E. ( To be continued.)

"AFFECTION" AND "CONNEXION."

IT is duly pointed out in the *H.E D.' that even printers are fond of altering connexion into connection, owing to the influence of an association with words like affection. Re- flection for reflexion is equally common. Yet even a moderate acquaintance with French and Latin will tell us that, whereas Latin has affectio on the one hand, it has connexio and reflexio on the other.

The following analogy is, in fact, a false one: "If the English verb to affect gives a substantive affection, it ought to be obvious that the verb to connect will yield a substan- tive connection." Yet a Latin dictionary shows us that such a result does not follow. How are we to account for the non-fulfilment of the analogy 1

The answer is this. The words affect and connect are by no means similar. A know- ledge of Latin reveals three important differ- ences between them.

1. Affectare and connectere belong to different conjugations, and are formed on different principles. The former is a denominative verb, but the latter is a compound of con- with a primary verb.

2. As affectare depends on ajfectus, from ajficere, the -t- is really a suffix ; and it stands for af-fec-t-are.

3. Even the root-vowel is different. In affectare we see a derivative of afficere i.e., ad and facere. Hence the root is fac- t with a for the root-vowel. In connectere the root is nect-, with e for the root-vowel.