A term used differently by different authorities; -- by some asequivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the continuousconsonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further exception,by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by otherslimited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch, --thus excluding the sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, andsemivowels. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 197-208.

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