diff ........

cog:

ABBREVIATIONS. Chal.. ..Chaldea

different, difference chap.. ..chapter

dim ...... diminutivo chem ....cheinistry, chemical dist.

....district Chin........Chinese

distrib.. ..distributivo Chron......Chronicles

div. division chron......chronology

doz. dozen C) .. Chlorine

Dr...

.Doctor ( tass.......Classical (= Greek dr.. .dram, drams and Latin)

dram.... ...dramatic Co.. .Cobalt

Dut. or D...Dutch Co... .Company

dwt

..pennyweight CO... ...county

dynam or ..cognate [with]

dyn......dynamics Col .Colonel

E.

Erbium
Col.
Colossians

E. or e..

East, -ern, -ward Coll. ..College

E. or Eng.. English colloq. ...colloquial

Eccl. Ecclesiastes Colo. ..Colorado

eccl. or ecclesiastical (alCom. ...Commodore

eccles..... fairs) com.... ..commerce, commer

ed

..edited, edition, edicial

tor com.. common

e.g.........for example [ [ex comp.......compare

gratia) comp.......composition, com- E. Ind. or East Indies, East pouud

E. I......7 Indian compar....comparative

elect........ electricity conch ..conchology

Emp. .Emperor cong .......congress

Encyc. ..Encyclopedia Congl......Congregational Eng. or E..English conj ..conjunction

engin...... .engineering Conn or Ct.Connecticut

entom ..entomology contr... ..contraction, con- env. ext....envoy extraordinary tracted

ep

.epistle Cop.. Coptic

Eph Ephesians
Cor. ...Corinthians

Episc. .. Episcopal
Corn.......
..Cornish

eq. 01 =...

...equal, equals corr.. ....corresponding

equiv.......equivalent Cr ...Chromium

esp. ......especially crystal.....crystallography

Est .......Esther Cs .....Cæsium

estab.... ...established ct.. ...cent

Esthon.....Esthonian Ct.or Conn.Connecticut

etc.........and others like [et Cu. ...Copper (Cuprum]

cetera] cwt ....a hundred weight Eth .Ethiopic Cyc.. .Cyclopedia

ethnog.....ethnography D ...Didymium

ethnol......cthnology D. or Dut.. Dutch

et seq......and the following d... ...died

(et sequentia) d. (1. s. d.)..Saniel Penco

etym..... Dan

.etymology

Eur. European Dan. ..Danish

Ex

Exodus dat ........dative

exclam .....exclamation dau. ...daughter

Ezek.. Ezekie D. C........ District of Columbia Ezr.

Ezra
D.C.L. ......Doctor of Civil (or F.

..Fluorine
Common] Law

F. or Fahr. Fahrenheit
D.D.. Doctor of Divinity f. or fem... feminine
Dec. December

F. or Fr....French dec. .declension

fa..

.father def .definite, definition Fahr. or F. Fahrenheit deg ..degree, degrees

far. .farriery Del ..Delaware

Fe.

Iron (Ferrum) del. .delegate, delegates Feb.... February dem. .democratic

fem or f. ..feminine dep.. ..deputy

fig ...figure, figuratively dep. ..deponent

Fin

.Finnish dept. ...department

F.-L...... French from Latin deriv ..derivation, deriva

Fla

iut..

Is...

ABBREVIATIONS. treg. .frequentative

ind......... indicative Fris Frisian

indef ....indefinite ft. ..foot, feet

Indo-Eur...Indo-European fut future

..infantry G. or Ger...German

inf or infin.infinitive .......Glucinium

instr. .. instrument, a Ga .Gallium

int...

interest Ga ....Georgia

intens.. .intensive Gael Gaelic

interj. or Gal ..Galatians

int ..interjection .gallon

interrog....interrogativo pro galv. ..galvanism, galvanic

noun garu. gardening

intr. or gen ..gender

intraps...intransitive Gen ..General

Jo... .Iowa Gea .Genesis

Ir. .. Iridium gen genitive

Ir

.Irish Gedo Genoes)

Iran..

..Iranian geog ...geography

irr ....irregular, -ly geul.. geology

..Isaiah geom... .geometry

It.

.Italian Ger .....Gernian, Germany

Jan... ..January Goth... ....Gothic

Jap... .Japanese GUR... ...Governor

Jas. .James govt. government

Jer Jeremiah
Ur
Grand, Great

Jn..

John Gr. ...Greek

Josh. ..Joshua gr ..grain, grains

Jr

.Junior grain grammar

Judg ...Judges Gr. Brit....Great Britain

K.. Potassium (Kalium] Gris.... Grisons

K. ..Kings (in Bible)
gunnery

K. ...king
Fiegira

Kan. .Kansas
II..
Hydrogen

Kt.

..Knight h.. ..hour, hours

Ky. ...Kentucky Has Habakkuk

L.... ...Latin 1126 Hargai

L.... .Lithium 1. B. 2. ....His (or Her] Britan- 1. [l. s. d.], pound, pounds Lic Majesty

or £......1 (sterling) Heb. Hebrew, Hebrews

La.. ..Lanthanium her. ..heraldry

La

..Louisiana herpet. ...herpetology

Lam. ..Lamentations
Mercury (Hydrar-

.Languedoc
gyrum]

lang... ....language hhd. ..hog-head, hogsheads Lap.

Lapland Hind.. Hindustani, Hindu, lat ...latitude or Hindi

Ib.; llb. or, pound ; pounds hist history, historical

lbs.. 1 (weighi) Hon lionoiable

Let. ... Lettish hört. .horticulture

Lev .. Leviticus Hos .Hosea

LG.. Low German Hung ..Hungarian

L.H.D... ...Doctor of Polite Lit. Hydros..... Hydrostatics

erature ...Iodine

Lieut. Lieutenant I.; Is. Island ; Islands

Lim

..Limousin
Icel
Icelandic

Lin ..Linnæus, Linnæan ichth ...ichthyology

lit

literally Ida ..Idaho

lit

.literature i.e... .that is (id est]

Lith.. Lithuanian
IN
.Illinois

lithog lithograph, y illus .illustration

LL..

. Late Latin, LOW impera or

Latin impr.. ..imperative

LL.D.

Doctor of Laws impers. : ..impersonal

long. longitude inpfor imp imperfect

Luth. .Lutheran impf. p. or

M.

Middle imp ...imperfect participle M

lig

Lang

Matt..

.....Nickel

Mg

ABBREVIATIONS.
Mal. .Major

N. A., or
Mal
Malachi

N. Amer.North America, -2
Mal
.Malay, Malayan

pat.........natural manul.....manufacturing,

naut....... nautical manufacturers

pav....

..navigation, naval af Mar........March

fairs maso or m.mascaline

Nb.

..Niobium Mags. Massachusetts

N. C. or
math. ..mathematics, math. N. Car... North Carolina
ematical

ND North Dakota
Matthew

Neb

Nebraska M.D..... Doctor of Medicine

neg

.negative MD. Middle Dutch

Neh

....Nehemiah Md. .Maryland

N. Eng..... New England
ME. Middle English, or neut or n...neuter
Old English

Nev..... Nevad?
Мө.
Maine

N.Gr........New Greek, Modern mech. ....mechanics, mechani.

Greek cal

N. H

New Hampshire med. .medicine, modical

NHG.. ...New High German mem.. ...member

[German] mensur....mensuration

Ni Messrs. or

N.J. New Jersey MM ..Gentlemen, Sirs

NL .New Latin, Modern metal ..metallurgy

Latin metaph....metaphysics, meta- N. Mex..... New Mexico physical

N. T.. or meteor.....meteorology

N. Test...New Testament Meth... .Methodist

N. Y.. . New York (State) Mex. Mexican

nom. ..nominative ..Magnesium

Norm. F... Norman French M.Gr. Middle Greek

North. E ..Northern English MHG........ Middle High Ger Norw... ... Norwegian, Norge man

Nov. November
Mic.
..Micah

Num Numbers
Mich Michigan

numis numismatics mid. middle (voice)

O

..Ohio Milan. .Milanese

..old

O mid. L. or | Middle Latin, Me

...Oxygen ML. 1 diæval Latin Obad. ..Obadiah milit, or

obj... ....objective mil......military (affairs] obs. or t...obsolete min .minute, minutes obsoles.....obsolescent mineral....mineralogy

O.Bulg....,Old Bulgarian or Old Minn Minnesota

Slavic Min. Plen. .Minister Plenipoten. Oct.... October tiary

Odontog...odontography Miss ......Mississippi

OE ..Old English ML. or | Middlo Latin, Me

OF or mid. L... 1 diceval Latin

0. Fr....old French MLG........Middle Low German. OHG........Old High German Mlle.. .Mademoiselle

Ont........Ontario Mme Madam

opt. .....optics, optical Mn.. Manganese

Or. .Oregon
Mo.
.Missouri

ord

..oriler Mo. Molybdenum

ABBREVIATIONS. patbol or

pt. past tense path.....pathology

pt.

piut. Pb Lead (Plumbum) Pt

Platinum Pa Palladium

pub. published, publisher, Pepn or Pa.Pennsylvania

publication Perf ..perfect

pwt.

pennyweight perh ..perhaps

Quebec Pers. ..Persian, Persic

qt.

quart pers person

qtr ...quarter (weight] persp. perspective

qu..........query pert pertaining (to)

q.V.........which

see [quod Pet .Peter

vide) Pg. or Port Portuguese

R...... Rhodium phar ........ pharmacy

R

River
PH.D •
Doctor of Philoso- Rb.

Rubidium
phy

R. Cath. .... Roman Catholic Phen .Phenician

rec. sec.....recording secretary Phil. Philippians

Ref. .......Reformed Philem .Philemon

refl.

......reflex philol. .... philology, philologi. reg .....regular, -ly cal

regt. .regiment philos philosophy, philo- rel.

pro.

or or phil... I sophical

rel.. ...relative pronoun phonog..... phonography

герг. ..representing photog ..photography

repub.

.republican phren. .phrenology

Rev.. Revelation phys. ..physics, physical Rev. .The Reverend physiol....physiology,

physi- Rev. V. .Revised Version ological

rhet.. rhetoric, -al Pied .Piedmontese

R. I. Rhode Island
PI
.Plate

R. N. Royal Navy
pl
. or plu...plural

Rom Roman, Romans PI D. Platt Deutsch

Rom. Romanic or ROS plupf. pluperfect

mance P......

afternoon post meri- Rom, Cath.
diem

Roman Catholic

Ch, or R. pneumatics

Church

C. Ch....
PO.....
Post-office

r.r..

railroad ..poetical

Rt. Rev ...

.Right Reverend
..Polish

Ru

Ruthenium pol econ...political economy Russ. .Russian polis. politics, political r.w.. railway pop population

S.

..Saxon Port. or Pg. Portuguese

S

.Sulphur poss ..possessive

s.

..second, seconds PP....... .pages

s. [1. s. d.)..shilling, shillings .past participle, per- S. or s...... South, -ern, -ward feci participle

S. A. or p. pr. present participle S. Amer.. South America, -2 7. or Prov.Provençal

Sam.. Samaritan pref. ..prefix

Sam.. Samuel
prep
..preposition

Sans, or
Pres..
President

Skr....... Sanskrit pres present

Sb.......... Antimony (Stibium) Presb. Presbyterian

S.C ........ understand, supply, pret ..preterit

namely (scilicet) prim.. primitive

S. C. or priv. ..privative

S. Car.... South Carolina prob. ..probably, probable Scand......Scandinavian Prof .Professor

Scot. .Scotland, Scotch pron....... pronoun

scr ...scruple, scruples pron.......pronunciation, pro- Scrip.. ... Scripture [s], Scrip nounced

tural prop...... .properly

sculp.. .sculpture pros. prosody

S. D

Souih Dakota Prot.. Protestant

Se.

..Selenium Prov.or Pr.Provençal.

sec...

..secretary Prov....... Proverbs

sec.

.section prov. ..province, provincial Sem. .Semitic Prov. Eng.. Provincial English Sep. .... September Prus Prussia, -D

Serv........Servian Ps...

..... Psalm, Psalms Shaks...... Shakespeare psychol....psychology

Si

Silicon

PP

......sister

Sans.....

Sw..

ABBREVIATIONS. Sic.... ..Sicilian

trigon.. .trigonometry sing. singular

Turk Turkish sis..

typog.. .typography, typo Skr. or

graphical ...Sapskirt

U

Uranium
Slav.......
.Slavonic, Slavic

ult. .ultimate, -ly So.... ..... Tin (Stannum]

Unit. ...Unitarian Soc... Society

Univ. Universalist Song Sol...Song of Solomon Univ. University Sp. ..Spanish

U. Presb...United Presbyterian sp.gr specific gravity

U.S... ... United States sq. .square

U. S. A... United States Army Sr. .Senior

J. S. N. United States Navy Sr Strontium

Ut..... .Utah St.: Ste.... Saint

V.

Vanadium St.. ......street

verb stat.........statute

Va. Virginia 6.T.D...... Doctor of Sacred var. variant (word) Theology

var.

variety of (species) subj........sibjunctive

Ven .Venerable suf. ...suffix

Venet...... Venetian Su. Goth...Suo-Gothic

vet.. veterinary superl...... superlative

v. i. or Supp .Supplement

v. intr.... verb intransitive Supt .Superintendent

vil.

village surg. .....surgery, surgical viz.

..namely, to-wit (vide Surv. ..surveying

licet) .Swedish

v. n ..... verb peuter Swab. ..Swabian

VOC.

vocative sym. ..symbol

vol.

volume syn.. .....synonym, -y

vols.. volunteers Syr. ..Syriac, Syrian

Vt...

Vermont ...town

v. tr..

..verb transitive Ta... .Tantalum

W.. .Tungsten [Wolfram] Tart.. .Tartar

W

Welsh
Te.
.Tellurium

V7. or w.... West, -ern, -ward technol ....technology

Wal .Walachian teleg.. ..telegraphy

Wall Walloon Tenn.. .Tennessee

Wash. Washington term.......termination

Westph. Westphalia, un terr.. territory

W. lnd. Teut.. Teutonic

or W. I... Indian Tex. Texas

Wis.. Wisconsin
Th.
Thorium

wt.

.weight theat. ..theatrical

W. Va.. West Virginia theol. ..theology, theological Wyo. Wyoming therap.. .therapeutics

Y..

Yttrium Thess Thessalonians

yd.. ...yard Ti. Titanium

yr.

year Tim Timothy

Zech. Zechariah
Tit.
... Titus

Zeph. .Zephaniah
Thallium

Zn

Zinc toxicol..... toxicology

zool.

...zoology, zoological tp...... ...township

Zr

.Zirconium tr. or trans.transitive transl......translation, trans

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