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title of civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir. [Represented by the abbreviation M. or Mons. in the singular, and by MM. or Messrs. in the plural.]

The customary abbreviation of Mister in writing and printing. See Master, 4.

, abbreviation of Amuck. To run a muck. See Amuck.

An abbreviation of Beneath. [Poetic]

An abbreviation of Non prosequitur.

count value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).

Abbreviation of pyrogallic acid. [Colloq.]

An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a. [Cant]

An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath. [Obs.] Shak.

e, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or

A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography.

The signs, abbreviations, letters, or characters standing for words, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on coins, medals, etc. W. Savage.

ion 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).

A colloquial abbreviation of Sister.

The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand.

Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.

An abbreviation of Betwixt, used in poetry, or in colloquial language.

Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge being often used and designated by the abbreviations B. W.G. and A. W.G. respectively. -- Wire gauze, a texture of finely interwoven wire, resembling gauze. -- Wire grass (Bot.), either of the two common grasses Eleusine Indica, valuable for hay and pasture, and Poa…

The first two letters of the Greek word XRISTOS, Christ; -- an abbreviation used with the letters separate or, oftener, in a monogram, often inclosed in a circle, as a symbol or emblem of Christ. It use as an emblem was introduced by Constantine the Great, whence it is known as the Constantinian symbol, or monogram. Se…

An abbreviation of Yankee. [Slang]