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Abridgment :: Abridgment (n.) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation..

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

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

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

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..

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)..

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

Cong :: Cong (n.) An abbreviation of Congius.

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

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..

I. E. :: I. e. () Abbreviation of Latin id est, that is..

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

Kilo :: Kilo (n.) An abbreviation of Kilogram.

Mrs. :: Mrs. () The customary abbreviation of Mistress when used as a title of courtesy, in writing and printing..

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

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

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)..

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

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

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

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