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.

Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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 {{etyl|ang}}.
Astrol. = Astrology
Astron. = Astronomy
aug. = augmentative

B

Bank. = Banking
Beau. & Fl. = Beaumont & Fletcher
B. & Fl. = Beaumont & 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 & C. = Brande & 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. & Eng. = Etching & 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 {{etyl|de}}
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. = Linnæus
Lit., lit. = Literally, literally
Lit. = Literature
Lith. = Lithuanian
LL. = Late Latin - {{LL.}}

M

M. = Middle
m., masc. = masculine
Maced. = Macedonian
Mach. = Machinery
Mad. = Madam
Mag. = Magazine
Mal. = Malachi
Malay. = Malayan
Man. = Manège
Manuf. = Manufacturing
Mar. = Maritime
Math. = Mathematics, Mathematical
Matt. = Matthew
ME. = Middle English - {{etyl|enm}}
Mech. = Mechanic
Med. = Medicine
Metal. = Metallurgy
Metaph. = Metaphysics
Meteor. = Meteorology
mgr. = milligrams
MHG. = Middle High German - {{etyl|gmh}}
Micros. = Microscopy
Mil. = Military
Min. = Mineralogy
Mir. for Mag. = Mirror for Magistrates
MLG. = Middle Low German
Moham. = Mohammedan
Mozley & W. = Mozley & 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 - {{NL.}}
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 - {{etyl|odt}}
ODan. = Old Danish
OE. = Old English. We classify this as the early part of "Middle English", so use template {{etyl|enm}}. See the Webster 1913 entry on "English"
OF. = Old French - {{etyl|fro}}
OFelm. = Old Flemish
OFris., OFries. = Old Frisian (Old Friesic)- {{etyl|ofs}}
OGael. = Old Gaelic
OGr. = Old Greek
OHG. = Old High German - {{etyl|goh}}
OIcel. = Old Icelandic
OIt. = Old Italian
OL. = Old Latin
Olr. (typo) or OIr = Old Irish - {{etyl|sga}}
ON. = Old Norse - {{etyl|non}}
OLG. = Old Low German
OPer. = Old Persian - {{etyl|peo}}
OPg. = Old Portuguese
OPol. = Old Polish
Opt. = Optics
orig. = original, originally
Ornith. = Ornithology
OS. = Old Saxon - {{etyl|osx}}
OSlav. = Old Slavic
OSp. = Old Spanish - {{etyl|osp}}
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, Pharmacopœia
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. = Provençal
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 & B. = Todd & 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 Pharmacopœia
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
Zoöl. = Zoölogy