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Non Pros. :: Non pros. () An abbreviation of Non prosequitur.

Pyro :: Pyro (n.) Abbreviation of pyrogallic acid.

Muck :: Muck () abbreviation of Amuck.

Symbol :: Symbol (n.) An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under Element..

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..

Hyp :: Hyp (n.) An abbreviation of hypochonaria; -- usually in plural.

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

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America..

Do. :: Do. (n.) An abbreviation of Ditto.

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The act of shortening, or reducing..

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

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

Signature :: Signature (v. t.) That part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark)..

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

Mr. :: Mr. () The customary abbreviation of Mister in writing and printing. See Master, 4..

''neath :: 'Neath (prep. & adv.) An abbreviation of Beneath.

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

Yank :: Yank (n.) An abbreviation of Yankee.

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 /..

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

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