Ezekiel

(e-ze'ke-el,) one of the Hebrew prophets, was the son of the priest Buzi, and along with Jehoiakim, king of Judah, was carried captive, when still a young man, to Me so pot am i a, abt. 598 B.c. The date of his death is not recorded. The canonical book called The F. the 6th letter of the English and Latin alphabets, | F,, and the 4th consonant in the former, is alabio-dental aspirate, formed by placing the upper teeth on the under lip, while emitting the breath. It bears such a similar kindred affinity with vas p bears to d, and is distinguished from v by its being more vocal. Frequent interchanges of the two letters are made, especially in the German, as indicated by the sound-v being expre ed as f-as in fon, the orthoëpy of von, . As an abbreviation in numismatics, archæology, & c., F stands for Fabius, Felix, and Faustus; also for filius, fecit, and the like; in medical phraseology and in diplomatics, it is employed for fiat (let it be done); it further signifies Fellow, as F.R.S. (Fellow of the Royal Society), & c.; in music,fover a line means forte; ff, forti imo, or molto for to; and F is the nominal of the fourth note in the natural diatonic scale of C. In chemistry, F represents fluorine; and, in chronology, Friday, as well as standing for one of the dominical letters. F, as a numeral, with the Romans, signified 40; and with ad ash over it, thus F, 40,000. [s. 352]