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Maj
Mal

Mal manuf.

Mar........March maso or m.masculine Mass.......Massachusetts

MD..

Md.

ME..

Me.

math. .....mathematics, math

ematical Matthew

Matt.

M.D......... .Doctor of Medicine
Middle Dutch
.Maryland
.Middle English, or
Old English
Maine
mech.......mechanics, mechani-

med.

ABBREVIATIONS.

N. A., or

N. Amer.North America, -n

.......natural
....nautical

......navigation, naval af
fairs
.Niobium

.Major Malachi .Malay, Malayan manufacturing, manufacturers

cal

....medicine, medical

mem.......member mensur....mensuration Messrs. or

MM.....Gentlemen, Sirs metal. ..metallurgy metaph....metaphysics, meta

physical

Mex.

meteor.....meteorology
Meth.. ..Methodist
.Mexican
.Magnesium
Middle Greek
Middle High

Mg
M.Gr.
MHG..

man

Mic.

Micah

Mich

.Michigan

mid..... .middle [voice] Milan......Milanese

mid. L. or Middle Latin, Medieval Latin

mod..

Mont.

ML.

milit. or

mil.... ..military [affairs] min ..minute, minutes

mineral....mineralogy

Minnesota

tiary Mississippi

Middle Latin, Mediæval Latin Middle Low German. .Mademoiselle

Miss

ML. or mid. L...

MLG...

Mlle..

Mme

Mn....
Mo.

Mo.

Ger

Minn

Min. Plen..Minister Plenipoten

Madam .Manganese Missouri

.Molybdenum ..modern

Montana

Master [Mister]
Mistress [Missis]

Mr.

Mrs..

MS.; MSS..manuscript; manu

scripts

..Mount, mountain

Mt.
mus.. .....music

MUS. DOC....Doctor of Music

myth....
.......mythology, mytho-

N..

logical .Nitrogen N. or n.....North, -ern, -ward

n

...noun

n or neut...neuter

Na
Nah.

.Sodium [Natrium] .Nahum

nat

naut

nav

Nb.

N. C. or

N. D.
Neb....
neg
Neh.

N. Car...North Carolina
...North Dakota
.Nebraska
...negative
Nehemiah
New England

N. Eng..

neut or n...neuter

Nev.

Nevada

N.Gr........New Greek, Modern Greek

New Hampshire ...New High German [German]

....

N. H NHG..

Ni

N. J.

NL

.Nickel

New Jersey

...New Latin, Modern
Latin
N. Mex.....New Mexico
N. T.. or

N. Test...New Testament
N. Y
New York [State]
..nominative

nom

Norm. F... Norman French
North. E...Northern English
Norw...
Norwegian, Norse

November

Numbers ..numismatics .Ohio

...Old

Nov..

Num.

numis.

O

Obad

.Oxygen Obadiah ..objective

obj..

obs. or t...obsolete obsoles ..obsolescent

O.Bulg.....Old Bulgarian or Old

Slavic .October

O. Fr....Old French OHG........Old High German

Ont.

opt

Or..

ord

ord.

org. orig: ornith.

..Ontario

...optics, optical .Oregon

..order

Os.

OS.

O. T., or

O. Test...Old Testament Oxf...

..Oxford

.ounce, ounces

..Phosphorus

Oz..

P.

p.; pp......page; pages p., or part..participle Pa. or Penn.Pennsylvania paint .....painting palæon. ..palæontology parl ....parliament

pass.........passive

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Ti..

Tim.
Tit.

TI

of Sacred

.synonym, -y
Syriac, Syrian

...town

.territory
.Teutonic
.Texas
.Thorium

Tex........

Th....
theat.. ....theatrical

theol..

Tennessee ..termination

...Titus

.Titanium

.Timothy

trigon......trigonometry
Turk .Turkish
typog. ......typography,
graphical
Uranium
ultimate, -ly
Unitarian

Universalist
University

U..

ult.

.theology, theological
.therapeutics

Thessalonians

Unit.

Univ.

U. Presb...United Presbyterian

U. S... ....United States

U. S. A...

U.S. N.

Ut.

V.

V...

Va

var

trans

var..

Ven.

Venet.

v. tr..

W

Wall.
Wash

United States Army ..United States Navy

Utah

Vanadium

vet..

v. i. or

v. intr....verb intransitive

vil..

viz.

...Venetian

v. n........verb neuter

VOC.
vol..
vols..

Vt..

Wyo

Y.

yd.

.verb

Virginia
variant [word]

variety of [species]
Venerable

..village

.....namely, to-wit [vide licet]

veterinary

....

wt.

W. Va..

yr.
Zech.

Zeph.
Zn

zool.

Zr.

typo

W

Wal

W. or w....West, -ern, -ward
Walachian
Walloon
Washington
Westph.... Westphalia, -n
W. Ind.

or W. I...
Wis.

vocative
volume
volunteers
Vermont

verb transitive

..Tungsten Wolfram]
Welsh

West Indies, West
Indian
Wisconsin
.weight
West Virginia
Wyoming
Yttrium

..yard

year

Zechariah

..Zephaniah

Thallium

...township
tr. or trans.transitive

toxicol. .toxicology
tp..

transl..
......translation,

lated

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