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Muck :: Muck () abbreviation of Amuck.

Blue :: Blue (superl.) Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.

''sblood :: 'Sblood (interj.) An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath.

Middy :: Middy (n.) A colloquial abbreviation of midshipman.

Ideogram :: Ideogram (n.) A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, /, $, /, etc..

''twixt :: 'Twixt () An abbreviation of Betwixt, used in poetry, or in colloquial language..

Ipecac :: Ipecac (n.) An abbreviation of Ipecacuanha, and in more frequent use..

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.

Sforzato :: Sforzato (a.) Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or /..

Sis :: Sis (n.) A colloquial abbreviation of Sister.

Abbreviature :: Abbreviature (n.) An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.

Penny :: Penny (n.) An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius)..

Cause :: Cause (conj.) Abbreviation of Because.

C. G. S. :: C. G. S. () An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time..

Symbol :: Symbol (n.) Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation..

Sigla :: Sigla (n. pl.) The signs, abbreviations, letters, or characters standing for words, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on coins, medals, etc..

Shorthand :: Shorthand (n.) A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography..

Stenophyllous :: Stenography (n.) The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand..

Breviature :: Breviature (n.) An abbreviature; an abbreviation.

Aid :: Aid (v. t.) An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid..

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