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THi: STANDARD DICTIONARY OF FACTS 





of Parliament. 



of the Pharma- 



ceutical Society.: Member of the 



M M !.- M.--.T. 



M.R.A.S. Member of the Royal 

 of the Royal 

 the Royal 



of the Royal 

 of Veterinary Surgeons. 

 ..S. Member of the 

 ideographical So. 

 M. R.I. Member of the Royal In- 



stitution. 

 M.R.I. A. Member of the Royal 



N 



N 



R. ^TTlember of the Royal 



Society of Literature. 

 M . S. Master of Surgery. 

 M . S. Master of Science. 

 If. 6*. (Lat. mrmoriir sacrum), Sa- 



cred to the memory of. 

 MS. Manuscript. 

 MSS. Manuscripts. 

 mo..mth. Mouth. 



'. Mount, mountains. 

 Museum; Music, musical. 

 MUM. B. (Lat. muticat baccalareus) , 



Bachelor of Music. 

 M u*. D., Mas. Doc., Mu*. Doct. (Lat. 



mutiea doctor). Doctor of Music. 

 M. W. G. M. Most Worthy Grand 



N. Noon^Nc^; ^oun; lumber; 

 New: Neuter. 



N. A. North America. North Ameri- 

 can. 



\ah. Nahum. 

 a p. Napoleon. 

 at. Natural; National. 



_ at. Hist. Natural History. 



Nat. ord. Natural order. 



Nat. Phil. Natural Philosophy. 



\aut. Nautical. 



A . li. New Brunswick; North Brit- 

 ain (= Scotland). 



N.B. (Lat. nota bene). Note well, 

 take notice. 



N. C. North Carolina. 



N. D., N. Dak. North Dakota. 



N.E. New England; Northeast. 



Neb. Nebraska. 



Neg. Negative, negatively. 



Neh. Nehemiah. 



\em. con. (I^at. nemine contradi- 

 cente), ,No one contradicting; 

 unanimously. 



Nem.diss. (Lat. nemine dissenti- 

 ente). No one dissenting; unani- 

 mously. 



Neth. Netherlands. 



Neul. Neuter. 



Nev. Nevada. 



New Test., N. T. New Testament. 



N. F. Newfoundland. 



A . //. New Hampshire. 



A . //. t; er . New High German. 



N. J. New Jersey. 



N. L.. N. Lat. North Latitude. 



A. M. N-u Mexico, 



AT. N. E. North-northeast. 



N. N. W. North-northwest. 



N. O. New Orleans. 



No. (Lat. numero). Number. 



nol. proa, (noleus prosequi), I am un- 

 willing to prosecute. 



Nom., Nomin. Nominative. 



.Von con. Non-content, dissentient. 

 (The formula in which Members 

 of the House of Lords vote.) 



Nonobst. (I>at. non obstante), Not- 

 withstanding. 



Nonpros. (Lat. non prosequitur), 

 He does not prosecute. 



Non sea. (Lat. non sequitur), It does 

 not follow (as a consequence). 



n. o. p. Not otherwise provided for. 



Nor., Norm. Norman. 



-..Norm.Fr. Norman French. 



one* Norway. Norwegian. Norse. 



os. Numbers. 

 Nov. November. 

 N. P. Notary public. 



vie; Nova Scotia. 

 n. . Not specified. 



. t re Seigneur Jesus 



Christ), Our Lord Jesus Christ. 

 N. T. [NEW TKST.I 

 A'uw. Numb. Numbers. 

 .Yum i*. Numismatic, numismatol- 



JVAf. Nativity of the Virgin 



A. 1 1. "Northwest. 



A. H'. T. Northwest Territory. 



New York. 

 N. Z. New Zealand. 

 O. Ohio; Old. 



oo. (Lat. obiit), He (or she) died. 

 Obad. Obadiah. 

 Obdt.,Obt. Obedient. 

 Obj. Objective. 

 Obs. Obsolete. 

 Oct. October. 

 Oct., 8vo. Octavo. 

 O. F. Odd Fellows. 

 O. H. Ger. Old High German. 

 O. H. M. S. On Her Majesty's Serv- 



ice. 



O. K. "All correct." 

 OK Oklahoma. 



Old Test., O. T. Old Testament. 

 Olym. Olympiad. 

 O. M. Old Measurement. 

 O. M. I. Oblate of Mary Immacu- 



late. 



Op. Opposite, opposition. 

 Opt. Optative; Optics, optical. 

 Or. Oregon. 

 Ordn. Ordnance. 

 Orig. Original, originally. 

 Ornith. Ornithology, ornithologi- 



O.!?.' Old Style; Old Saxon. 



O. S. A. Order of St. Augustine. 



O. S. B. Order of St. Benedict. 



O. S. F. Order of St. Francis. 



O. T. [OLD TEST.] 



O. U. A. M. Order of United Ameri- 



can Mechanics. 

 Oxf. Oxford. 

 Oxon. (Lat. Oxonia, Oxoniensis), 



Oxford; of Oxford. 

 Oxonien. (Lat. Oxoniensis), Of Ox- 



ford. 

 Oz. Ounce. [The 2 in this contraction 



and in viz., represents an old sym- 



bol (3), used to mark a terminal 



contraction.] 

 P. Page; Participle; Past; Pole; 



Port. 



Pa. Pennsylvania. 

 Pa. a., par. a. Participial adjective. 

 Paint. Painting. 

 Pal., Palceont. Palaeontology, palse- 



ontological. 



Palttobo. Palseobotany. 

 Pa. part. Past participle. 

 Par. Paragraph; Participle. 

 Parl. Parliament, parliamentary. 

 Part. Participle. 

 I'nrticip. Participial. 

 Pass. Passive. 

 Pat. Patrick. 

 Pathol. Pathological. 

 Payt. Payment. 

 P. C. (Lat. patres conscripti). Con- 



script Fathers. 

 P.C. Police-constable; Privy Coun- 



cil; Privy Councillor. 

 P.C. S. Principal Clerk of Session. 

 Pa. Paid. 



Pd. D. Doctor of Pedagogy. 

 P. E. Protestant Episcopal. 

 P. E. 1. Prince Edward's Island. 

 Penn. Pennsylvania. 

 Pent. Pentecost. 

 Per., Pers. Persian; Person, per- 



sonal. 

 Per. an. (Lat. per annum), Yearly. 



Per cent., per ct. (Lat. per centum). 

 By the hundred. 



Perf. Perfect. 



Peri. Perigee. 



Pers., Persp. Perspective. 



Peruv. Peruvian. 



Pet. Peter. 



P. G. M. Past Grand Master. 



Phar., Pharm. Pharmacy. 



Ph. B. (Lat. philosophic? baccalaur- 

 eus), Bachelor of Philosophy. 



/'//. 1). (Lat. philosophies doctor), 

 Doctor of Philosophy. 



Phil. Philip; Philippians; Philos- 

 ophy, philosophical. 



Phil. Trans. Transactions of the 

 Philosophical Society. 



Phil., Phila. Philadelphia. 



Philem. Philemon. 



Philol. Philology. 



Philos. Philosophy, philosophical. 



Ph. M. Master of Philosophy. 



Phenic. Phenician. 



Photog. Photography, photographic, 

 photographer. 



Phren., phrenol. Phrenology, phreno- 

 logical. 



Phys. Physics, physical; Physiol- 

 ogy, physiological. 



Physiol. Physiology, physiological. 



Pinx., Pxt. (Lat. pinxit), He (or 

 she) painted it. 



Pk. Peck. 



PL Place; Plate; Plural. 



P. L. Poet Laureate. 



Plff.,PUff. Plaintiff. 



Plu. Plural. 



Plup. Pluperfect. 



Plur. Plural. 



P. M. (Lat. post meridiem), After- 

 noon. 



P. M. Past Master; Peculiar meter; 

 Postmaster. 



P. M. G. Postmaster-General. 



P. O. Post-office. 



P. & O. Co. Peninsular and Oriental 

 Steam Navigation Company. 



Poet. Poetry, poetical. 



Pol. Polish. 



Polit. Econ. Political Economy. 



P. O. O. PostToffice order. 



Pop. Population. 



Port. Portugal, Portuguese. 



Poss. Possessive. 



Pp. Pages. 



P. p. Past participle. 



P. P. (Lat. pater patria;), Father of 

 his country. 



P. P. Parish priest. 



P. P. C. (Fr. pour prendre conge), 

 To take leave. [T. T. L.] 



Pph. Pamphlet. 



Pr. Present; Priest; Prince. 



Pr. par. Present participle. 



P. R. (Lat. Populus Romanus), The 

 Roman people. 



P. R. Prize Ring. 



P. R. A . President of the Royal 

 Academy. 



P. R. C. (Lat. post Roman conditam), 

 After the building of Rome. 

 [A. U. C.] 



Preb. Prebend. 



Pref. Prefix; Preface. 



Prep. Preposition. 



Pres. President; Present. 



Pret. Preterite. 



Prim. Primary. 



Prin. Principal. 



Print. Printing. 



Priv. Privative. 



Prob. Problem; Probable, probably. 



Prof. Professor. 



Pron., Pro. Pronoun; Pronounced; 

 Pronunciation. 



Pron. a. Pronominal adjective. 



Prop. Proposition. 



Pros. Prosody. 



Pro tern. (Lat. pro tempore), For the 

 time being. 



Proy. Proverbs, proverbial, prover- 

 bially; Provincial, provincially; 

 Provost. 



