Wiktionary:Abbreviations in Webster

The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary is often used as a source for definitions, as its copyright has expired so it is in the public domain. Numerous abbreviations, sometimes not intuitive, appear in the source; this page catalogs them for reference. For abbreviations of literary works and authors, see Wiktionary:Abbreviated Authorities in Webster.

A

 * a., adj. = adjective
 * abbrev. = abbreviated
 * abl. = ablative
 * Abp. = Archbishop
 * acc. = accusative
 * Acous. = Acoustics
 * act. = active
 * adv. = adverb
 * Agric. = Agriculture
 * Alban. = Albanian
 * Alg. = Algebra
 * Am., Amer. = America, American
 * Am. = Amos
 * Am. Cyc. = Appleton's American Cyclopedia
 * Anal. Geom. = Analytical Geometry
 * Anat. = Anatomy
 * Anc. = Ancient, anciently
 * Angl. Ch. = Anglican Church
 * Antiq. = Antiquities
 * aor. = aorist
 * Ar. = Arabic
 * Arch. = Architecture
 * Arch. Pub. Soc. = Architectural Pub. Society
 * Arith. = Arithmetic
 * Arm., Armor. = Armorican
 * AS. = Anglo-Saxon. We classify this as "Old English", so use.
 * Astrol. = Astrology
 * Astron. = Astronomy
 * aug. = augmentative

B

 * Bank. = Banking
 * Beau. &amp; Fl. = Beaumont &amp; Fletcher
 * B. &amp; Fl. = Beaumont &amp; Fletcher
 * Bib. = Biblical
 * Bib. Sacra = Bibliotheca Sacra
 * Bibliog. = Bibliography
 * Biol. = Biology
 * Bisc. = Biscayan
 * B. Jon. = Ben Jonson
 * Bk. of Com. Prayer = Book of Common Prayer
 * Blackw. Mag. = Blackwood's Magazine
 * Bohem. = Bohemian
 * Bot. = Botany, botanical
 * Bp. = Bishop
 * Brande &amp; C. = Brande &amp; Cox
 * Braz. = Brazilian
 * Brit. Critic = British Critic
 * Brit. Quar. Rev. = British Quarterly Review
 * Burl. = Burlesque

C

 * C. = Centigrade
 * Cant. = Canticles (Song of Solomon)
 * Carp. = Carpentry
 * Catal. = Catalan
 * Cath. Dict. = Catholic Dictionary
 * Celt. = Celtic
 * cf. = confer
 * Ch. = Church
 * Chald. = Chaldee
 * Chem. = Chemistry
 * Ch. Hist. = Church History
 * Chin. = Chinese
 * Chron. = Chronology, Chronicles
 * Civ. = Civil
 * Class. = Classical
 * Class. Myth. = Classical Mythology
 * Col. = Colossians
 * colloq., coll. = colloquial, colloquially
 * Com. = Commerce, Common
 * comp. = compound, compounded, composition
 * compar. = comparative
 * conj. = conjunction
 * Con. Sect. = Conic Sections
 * contr. = contracted, contraction
 * Copt. = Coptic
 * Corn. = Cornish
 * corrupt. = corrupted, corruption
 * Cotgr. = Cotgrave
 * Cyc. Med. = Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine
 * Crim. Law = Criminal Law
 * Crystallog. = Crystallography
 * Cyc. = Cyclopedia

D

 * D. = Dutch (sometimes Daniel)
 * Dan. = Danish
 * dat. = dative
 * def. = definitions
 * Deut. = Deuteronomy
 * Dial. = Dialectic
 * dim. = diminutive
 * Diosc. = dioscorides
 * Disp. = Dispensatory
 * Disus. = Disused
 * Dom. Econ. = Domestic Economy
 * Dublin Univ. Mag. = Dublin University Magazine
 * Dyn. = Dynamics

E

 * E. = English
 * Eccl. = Ecclesiastical, Ecclesiastes
 * Eccl. Hist. = Ecclesiastical History
 * Ecclus. = Ecclesiasticus
 * Eclec. Rev. = Eclectic Review
 * Ed. Rev. = Edinburgh Review
 * e. g. = exempli gratia (for example)
 * Egypt. = Egyptian
 * Elect. = Electricity, Electrical
 * emph. = emphatic
 * Encyc. = Encyclopedia
 * Encyc. Amer. = Encyclopedia Americana
 * Encyc. Crit. = Encyclopedia Britannica
 * Encyc. Dict. = Hunter's Encyclopedic Dictionary
 * Eng. = England, English
 * Eng. = Engraving
 * Eng. Cyc. = English Cyclopedia
 * Engin. = Engineering
 * Eol. = Eolic
 * Eph., Ephes. = Ephesians
 * equiv. = equivalent
 * Esd. = Esdras
 * esp. = especially
 * Etch. &amp; Eng. = Etching &amp; Engraving
 * Ethnol. = Ethnology
 * etym., etymol. = etymology
 * Ex., Exod. = Exodus
 * Ezek. = Ezekiel

F

 * F. = French
 * f., fem. = feminine
 * Fahr. = Fahrenheit
 * Far. = Farriery
 * Feud. = Feudal
 * Fig. = Figurative, figuratively
 * Fin. = Finnish
 * For. Quart. Rev. = Foreign Quarterly Review
 * Fort. = Fortification
 * Fr. = French
 * fr. = from
 * freq. = frequentative
 * Fries. = Friesic
 * fut. = future

G

 * G. = German - use
 * Gael. = Gaelic
 * Gal. = Galen
 * Gal. = Galatians
 * Galv. = Galvanism
 * gen. = generally, genitive
 * Geneal. = Genealogy
 * Gent. Mag. = Gentleman's Magazine
 * Geog. = Geography
 * Geol. = Geology
 * Geom. = Geometry
 * Ger. = Germanic or German
 * Gk. = Greek
 * Goth. = Gothic
 * Gov. of Tongue = Government of the Tongue
 * Gr. = Greek
 * Gram. = Grammar
 * Gris. = Grisons
 * Gun. = Gunnery

H

 * H. = High
 * Hab. = Habakkuk
 * Hag. = Haggai
 * Ham. Nav. Encyc. = Hamersly's Naval Encyclopedia
 * Heb. = Hebrew
 * Her. = Heraldry
 * Hind. = Hindostanee
 * Hipp. = Hippocrates
 * Hist. = History
 * Horol. = Horology
 * Hort. = Horticulture
 * Hung. = Hungarian
 * Hydraul. = Hydraulics
 * Hydros. = Hydrostatics
 * hypoth. = hypothetical

I

 * Icel. = Icelandic
 * i. e. = id est (that is)
 * Illust. = Illustration, Illustrated
 * imp. = imperfect
 * Imp. Dict. = Imperial Dictionary
 * incho. = inchoative
 * ind. = indicative
 * indef. = indefinite
 * inf. = infinitive
 * intens. = intensive
 * interj. = interjection
 * Internat. Cyc. = International Cyclopeia
 * Ion. = Ionic
 * i. q. = idem quod(the same as)
 * Ir. = Irish
 * Is., Isa. = Isaiah
 * It. = Italian

J

 * Jap. = Japanese
 * Jas. = James
 * Jav. = Javanese
 * Jer. = Jeremiah
 * Join. = Joinery
 * Josh. = Joshua
 * Judg. = Judges

K

 * K. = Kings

L

 * L. = Latin
 * L. = Low
 * Lam. = Lamentations
 * Lapp. = Lappish
 * Lat. = Latin
 * LD. = Low Dutch
 * Lett. = Lettish
 * Lev. = Leviticus
 * LG. = Low German
 * LGr. = Low Greek
 * Linn. = Linn&aelig;us
 * Lit., lit. = Literally, literally
 * Lit. = Literature
 * Lith. = Lithuanian
 * LL. = Late Latin -

M

 * M. = Middle
 * m., masc. = masculine
 * Maced. = Macedonian
 * Mach. = Machinery
 * Mad. = Madam
 * Mag. = Magazine
 * Mal. = Malachi
 * Malay. = Malayan
 * Man. = Man&egrave;ge
 * Manuf. = Manufacturing
 * Mar. = Maritime
 * Math. = Mathematics, Mathematical
 * Matt. = Matthew
 * ME. = Middle English -
 * Mech. = Mechanic
 * Med. = Medicine
 * Metal. = Metallurgy
 * Metaph. = Metaphysics
 * Meteor. = Meteorology
 * mgr. = milligrams
 * MHG. = Middle High German -
 * Micros. = Microscopy
 * Mil. = Military
 * Min. = Mineralogy
 * Mir. for Mag. = Mirror for Magistrates
 * MLG. = Middle Low German
 * Moham. = Mohammedan
 * Mozley &amp; W. = Mozley &amp; Whiteley
 * Mus. = Music
 * Myst. = Mysteries
 * Myth. = Mythology

N

 * N. = New
 * n. = noun
 * Nat. Hist. = Natural History
 * Nat. ord. = Natural order
 * Naut. = Nautical
 * Nav. = Navy
 * Navig. = Navigation
 * N. Brit. Rev. = North British Review
 * Neh. = Nehemiah
 * neut. = neuter
 * New Am. Cyc. = New American Cyclopedia
 * New Month. Mag. = New Monthly Magazine
 * NF. = New French
 * NGr. = New Greek
 * NHeb. = New Hebrew
 * NL. = New Latin -
 * nom. = nominative
 * Norm. F. = Norman French
 * North Am. Rev. = North American Review
 * Norw. = Norwegian
 * Num. = Numbers
 * Numis. = Numismatics

O

 * O. = Old
 * Ob. = Obadiah
 * obs. = obsolete
 * Obsoles. = Obsolescent
 * OCelt. = Old Celtic
 * OD. = Old Dutch -
 * ODan. = Old Danish
 * OE. = Old English. We classify this as the early part of "Middle English", so use template . See the Webster 1913 entry on "English"
 * OF. = Old French -
 * OFelm. = Old Flemish
 * OFris., OFries. = Old Frisian (Old Friesic)-
 * OGael. = Old Gaelic
 * OGr. = Old Greek
 * OHG. = Old High German -
 * OIcel. = Old Icelandic
 * OIt. = Old Italian
 * OL. = Old Latin
 * Olr. (typo) or OIr = Old Irish -
 * ON. = Old Norse -
 * OLG. = Old Low German
 * OPer. = Old Persian -
 * OPg. = Old Portuguese
 * OPol. = Old Polish
 * Opt. = Optics
 * orig. = original, originally
 * Ornith. = Ornithology
 * OS. = Old Saxon -
 * OSlav. = Old Slavic
 * OSp. = Old Spanish -
 * Oxf. Gloss. = Oxford Glossary of Architecture

P

 * p. = participle, page
 * p. a. = participial adjective
 * Paint. = Painting
 * Paleon. = Paleontology
 * pass. = passive
 * Pathol. = Pathology
 * P. Cyc. = Penny Cyclopedia
 * Per. = Persian
 * perh. = perhaps
 * pers. = person
 * Persp. = Perspective
 * Pert. = Pertaining
 * Peruv. = Peruvian
 * Pet. = Peter
 * Pg. = Portuguese
 * Pharm. = Pharmacy, Pharmacop&oelig;ia
 * Phil. = Philippians
 * Philem. = Philemon
 * Philol. = Philology
 * Philos. = Philosophy
 * Phon. = Phonetics
 * Photog. = Photography
 * Photom. = Photometry
 * Phren. = Phrenology
 * Phys. = Physics
 * Phys. Sci. = Physical Science
 * Physiol. = Physiology
 * pl. = plural
 * Poet. = Poetry, Poetical
 * Pol. = Polish
 * Pol. Econ. = Political Economy
 * Polit. Econ. = Political Economy
 * Pop. Sci. Monthly = Popular Science Monthly
 * pp. = pages
 * P. Plowman = Piers Plowman
 * p.p. = past participle
 * p.pr., p.ple. = present participle
 * Pr. = Proven&ccedil;al
 * Pref. = Preface
 * pref. = prefix
 * prep. = preposition
 * pres. = present
 * pret. = preterit
 * prin. = principally
 * Print. = Printing
 * priv. = privative
 * prob. = probably
 * pron. = Pronunciation, pronounced, pronoun
 * prop. = properly
 * Pros. = Prosody
 * prov. = provincial
 * Prov. = Provincial
 * Prov. = Proverbs
 * Ps., Psa. = Psalms
 * Pyro.-elect. = Pyro-electricity

Q

 * Quart. Rev. = Quarterly Review
 * q. v. = quod vide (which see)

R

 * R. = Rare
 * R. C. = Roman Catholic
 * R. C. Ch. = Roman Catholic Church
 * Rep. Sec. of War = Report of Secretary of War
 * Rev. = Revelation
 * Rev. = Review
 * Rev. Ver. = Revised Version (of the Bible)
 * Rhet. = Rhetoric
 * R. of Brunne = Robert of Brunne
 * R. of Gl. = Robert of Gloucester
 * Rom. = Roman, Romans
 * Rom. Cath. = Roman Catholic
 * Rom. of R. = Romaunt of the Rose
 * Rpts. = reports
 * Russ. = Russian

S

 * Sam. = Samaritan
 * Sam. = Samuel
 * Sat. Rev. = Saturday Review
 * Sax. = Saxon
 * sc. = scilicet (being understood)
 * Scand. = Scandinavian
 * Sci. = Science
 * Sci. Am. = Scientific American
 * Scot. = Scotland, Scottish
 * Script. = Scripture, Scriptural
 * Sculp. = Sculpture
 * Serb = Serbian
 * Serv. = Servian
 * Shak. = Shakespeare
 * sing. = singular
 * Skr. = Sanskrit
 * Slav. = Slavonic
 * Sp. = Spanish
 * Specif. = Specifically
 * Stat. = Statuary
 * subj. = subjunctive
 * superl. = superlative
 * Surg. = Surgery
 * Surv. = Surveying
 * Sw. = Swedish
 * Syd. Soc. Lex. = Sydenham Society Lexicon
 * Syn. = Synonyms
 * Synop. = Synopsis
 * Syr. = Syriac

T

 * Tart. = Tartaric
 * Teleg. = Telegraphy
 * term. = termination
 * Test. = Testament
 * Theol. = Theology
 * Thes. = Thessalonians
 * Tim. = Timothy
 * Todd &amp; B. = Todd &amp; Bowman
 * Trans. = Translation
 * Treas. = Treasury
 * Trig. = Trigonometry
 * Turk. = Turkish
 * Typog. = Typography

U

 * Univ. = University
 * Up. = Upper
 * U. S. = United States
 * U. S. Disp. = United States Dispensatory
 * U. S. Pharm. = United States Pharmacop&oelig;ia
 * U. S. Int. Rev. Statutes = United States Internal Revenue Statutes
 * usu. = usually

V

 * v. = verb
 * v.i. = intransitive verb
 * v.t. = transitive verb
 * var. = variety
 * vb.n. = verbal noun
 * Veter. = Veterinary
 * Vitr. = Vitruvius

W

 * W. = Welsh
 * Wall. = Wallachian
 * Westm. Cat. = Westminster Catechism
 * Westm. Rev. = Westminster Review

Z

 * Zech. = Zechariah
 * Zeph. = Zephaniah
 * Zo&ouml;l. = Zo&ouml;logy