List of the Abbreviations
Used in this Work
a., adj. adjective
abbrev. abbreviated
abl. ablative
Abp. Archbishop
acc. accusative
Acous. Acoustics
act. active
adv. adverb
Agric. Agriculture
Alban. Albanian
Alg. Algebra
Am., Amer. America, American
Am. Amos
Am. Cyc. Appleton's American Cyclopedia
Anal. Geom. Analytical Geometry
Anat. Anatomy
Anc. Ancient, anciently
Angl. Ch. Anglican Church
Antiq. Aniquities
aor. aorist
Ar. Arabic
Arch. Architecture
Arch. Pub. Soc. Architectural Pub. Society
Arith. Arithmetic
Arm., Armor. Armorican
AS. Anglo-Saxon
Astrol. Astrology
Astron. Astronomy
aug. augmentative
Bank. Banking
Beau. & Fl. Beaumont & Fletcher
B. & Fl. Beaumont & Fletcher
Bib. Biblical
Bib. Sacra Bibliotheca Sacra
Bibliog. Bibliography
Biol. Biology
Bisc. Biscayan
B. Jon. Ben Jonson
Bk. of Com. Prayer Book of Common Prayer
Blackw. Mag. Blackwood's Magazine
Bohem. Bohemian
Bot. Botany, botanical
Bp. Bishop
Brande & C. Brande & Cox
Braz. Brazilian
Brit. Critic British Critic
Brit. Quar. Rev. British Quarterly Review
Burl. Burlesque
C. Centigrade
Cant. Canticles (Song of Solomon)
Carp. Carpentry
Catal. Catalan
Cath. Dict. Catholic Dictionary
Celt. Celtic
Cf. Confer (compare)
Ch. Church
Chald. Chaldee
Chem. Chemistry
Ch. Hist. Church History
Chin. Chinese
Chron. Chronology, Chronicles
Civ. Civil
Class. Classical
Class. Myth. Classical Mythology
Col. Colossians
Colloq., coll. Colloquial, colloquially
Com. Commerce, Common
comp. compound, compounded, composition
compar. comparative
conj. conjunction
Con. Sect. Conic Sections
contr. contracted, contraction
Copt. Coptic
Corn. Cornish
corrupt. corrupted, corruption
Cotgr. Cotgrave
Cyc. Med. Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine
Crim. Law Criminal Law
Crystallog. Crystallography
Cyc. Cyclopedia
D. Dutch
Dan. Danish, Daniel
dat. dative
def. definitions
Deut. Deuteronomy
Dial. Dialectic
dim. diminutive
Diosc. dioscorides
Disp. Dispensatory
Disus. Disused
Dom. Econ. Domestic Economy
Dublin Univ. Mag. Dublin University Magazine
Dyn. Dynamics
E. English
Eccl. Ecclesiastical, Ecclesiastes
Eccl. Hist. Ecclesiastical History
Ecclus. Ecclesiasticus
Eclec. Rev. Eclectic Review
Ed. Rev. Edinburgh Review
e. g. exemplia gratia (for example)
Egypt. Egyptian
Elect. Electricity, Electrical
emph. emphatic
Encyc. Encyclopedia
Encyc. Amer. Encyclopedia Americana
Encyc. Crit. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyc. Dict. Hunter's Encyclopedic Dictionary
Eng. England, English
Eng. Engraving
Eng. Cyc. English Cyclopedia
Engin. Engineering
Eol. Eolic
Eph., Ephes. Ephesians
equiv. equivalent
Esd. Esdras
esp. especially
Etch. & Eng. Etching & Engraving
Ethnol. Ethnology
etym., etymol. etymology
Ex., Exod. Exodus
Ezek. Ezekiel
F. French
f., fem. feminine
Fahr. Fahrenheit
Far. Farriery
Feud. Feudal
Fig. Figurative, figuratively
Fin. Finnish
For. Quart. Rev. Foreign Quarterly Review
Fort. Fortification
fr. from
Fr. French
freq. frequentative
Fries. Friesic
fut. future
G. German
Gael. Gaelic
Gal. Galen
Gal. Galatians
Galv. Galvanism
gen. generally, genitive
Geneal. Genealogy
Gent. Mag. Gentleman's Magazine
Geog. Geography
Geol. Geology
Geom. Geometry
Ger. German
Goth. Gothic
Gov. of Tongue Government of the Tongue
Gr. Greek
Gram. Grammar
Gris. Grisons
Gun. Gunnery
H. High
Hab. Habakkuk
Hag. Haggai
Ham. Nav. Encyc. Hamersly's Naval Encyclopedia
Heb. Hebrew, Hebrews
Her. Heraldry
Hind. Hindostanee
Hipp. Hippocrates
Hist. History
Horol. Horology
Hort. Horticulture
Hung. Hungarian
Hydraul. Hydraulics
Hydros. Hydrostatics
hypoth. hypothetical
Icel. Icelandic
i. e. id est (that is)
Illust. Illustration, Illustrated
imp. imperfect
Imp. Dict. Imperial Dictionary
incho. inchoative
ind. indicative
indef. indefinite
inf. infinitive
intens. intensive
interj. interjection
Internat. Cyc. International Cyclopeia
Ion. Ionic
i. q. idem quod (the same as)
Ir. Irish
Is., Isa. Isaiah
It. Italian
Jap. Japanese
Jas. James
Jav. Javanese
Jer. Jeremiah
Join. Joinery
Josh. Joshua
Judg. Judges
K. Kings
L. Latin
L. Low
Lam. Lamentations
Lapp. Lappish
Lat. Latin
LD. Low Dutch
Lett. Lettish
Lev. Leviticus
LG. Low German
LGr. Low Greek
Linn. Linnæus
Lit., lit. Literally, literally
Lit. Literature
Lith. Lithuanian
LL. Low Latin
M. Middle
m., masc. masculine
Maced. Macedonian
Mach. Machinery
Mad. Madam
Mag. Magazine
Mal. Malachi
Malay. Malayan
Man. Manège
Manuf. Manufacturing
Mar. Maritime
Math. Mathematics, Mathematical
Matt. Matthew
Mech. Mechanic
Med. Medicine
Metal. Metallurgy
Metaph. Metaphysics
Meteor. Meteorolgy
mgr. milligrams
MHG. Middle High German
Micros. Microscopy
Mil. Military
Min. Mineralogy
Mir. for Mag. Mirror for Magistrates
MLG. Middle Low German
Moham. Mohammedan
Mozley & W. Mozley & Whiteley
Mus. Music
Myst. Mysteries
Myth. Mythology
N. New
n. noun
Nat. Hist. Natural History
Nat. ord. Natural order
Naut. Nautical
Nav. Navy
Navig. Navigation
N. Brit. Rev. North British Review
Neh. Nehemiah
neut. neuter
New Am. Cyc. New American Cyclopedia
New Month. Mag. New Monthly Magazine
NF. New French
NGr. Mew Greek
NHeb. New Hebrew
NL. New Latin
nom. nominative
Norm. F. Norman French
North Am. Rev. North American Review
Norw. Norwegian
Num. Numbers
Numis. Numismatics
O. Old
Ob. Obadiah
Obs. Obsolete
Obsoles. Obsolescent
OCelt. Old Celtic
OD. Old Dutch
ODan. Old Danish
OE. Old English
OF. Old French
OFelm. Old Flemish
OFries. Old Friesic
OGael. Old Gaelic
OGr. Old Greek
OHG. Old High German
OIcel. Old Icelandic
OIr. Old Irish
OIt. Old Italian
OL. Old Latin
OLG. Old Low Greman
ON. Old Norse
OPer. Old Persian
OPg. Old Portuguese
OPol. Old Polish
Opt. Optics
orig. original, originally
Ornith. Ornithology
OS. Old Saxon
OSlav. Old Slavic
OSp. Old Spanish
Oxf. Gloss. Oxford Glossary of Architecture
p. participle, page
p. a. participial adjective
Paint. Painting
Paleon. Paleontology
pass. passive
Pathol. Pathology
P. Cyc. Penny Cyclopedia
Per. Persian
perh. perhaps
pers. person
Persp. Perspective
Pert. Pertaining
Peruv. Peruvian
Pet. Peter
Pg. Portuguese
Pharm. Pharmacy, Pharmacopœia
Phil. Phillipians
Philem. Philemon
Philol. Philology
Philos. Philosophy
Phon. Phonetics
Photog. Photography
Photom. Photometry
Phren. Phrenology
Phys. Physics
Phys. Sci. Physical Science
Physiol. Physiology
pl. plural
Poet. Poetry, Poetical
Pol. Polish
Pol. Econ. Political Economy
Polit. Econ. Political Economy
Pop. Sci. Monthly Polular Science Monthly
pp. pages
p. p. participle past
P. Plowman Piers Plowman
p. pr., p. ple. participle present
Pr. Provençal
Pref. Preface
pref. prefix
prep. preposition
pret. preterit
prin. principally
Print. Printing
priv. privative
prob. probably
pron. Pronunciation, pronounced, pronoun
prop. properly
Pros. Prosody
Prov. Provincial
Prov. Proverbs
Ps., Psa. Psalms
Pyro.-elect. Pyro-electricity
Quart. Rev. Quarterly Review
q. v. quod vide (which see)
R. Rare
R. C. Roman Catholic
R. C. Ch. Roman Catholic Church
Rep. Sec. of War Report of Secretary of War
Rev. Revelation
Rev. Review
Rev. Ver. Revised Version (of the Bible)
Rhet. Rhetoric
R. of Brunne Robert of Brunne
R. of Gl. Robert of Gloucester
Rom. Roman, Romans
Rom. Cath. Roman Catholic
Rom. of R. Romaunt of the Rose
Rpts. reports
Russ. Russian
Sam. Samaritan
Sam. Samuel
Sat. Rev. Saturday Review
Sax. Saxon
sc. scilicet (being understood)
Scand. Scandinavian
Sci. Science
Sci. Am. Scientific American
Scot. Scotland, Scottish
Script. Scripture, Scriptural
Sculp. Sculpture
Serb Serbian
Serv. Servian
Shak. Shakespeare
sing. singular
Skr. Sanskrit
Slav. Slavonic
Sp. Spanish
Specif. Specifically
Stat. Statuary
subj. subjunctive
superl. superlative
Surg. Surgery
Surv. Surveying
Sw. Swedish
Syd. Soc. Lex. Sydenham Society Lexicon
Syn. Synonyms
Synop. Synopsis
Syr. Syriac
Tart. Tartaric
Teleg. Telegraphy
term. termination
Test. Testament
Theol. Theology
Thes. Thessalonians
Tim. Timothy
Todd & B. Todd & Bowman
Trans. Translation
Treas. Treasury
Trig. Trigonometry
Turk. Turkish
Typog. Typography
Univ. University
Up. Upper
U. S. United States
U. S. Disp. United States Dispensatory
U. S. Pharm. United States Pharmacopœia
U. S. Int. Rev. Statutes United States Internal Revenue Statutes
usu. usually
v. verb
var. variety
vb. n. verbal noun
Veter. Veterinary
v. i. verb intransitive
Vitr. Vitruvius
v. t. verb transitive
W. Welsh
Wall. Wallachian
Westm. Cat. Westminster Catechism
Westm. Rev. Westminster Review
Zech. Zechariah
Zeph. Zephaniah
Zoöl. Zoölogy