Part 13

<i>Elyot.</i>

<h1>Abbreviated</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab*bre"vi*a`ted</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.</def>

<h1>Abbreviation</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab*bre`vi*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>abbreviatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>abbr\'82viation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of shortening, or reducing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.</def>

<i>Tylor.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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>as, <ex>Gen</ex></as>. for <i>Genesis</i>; <i>U</i>.<i>S</i>.<i>A</i>. for <i>United States of America</i>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.</def>

<i>Moore.</i>

<h1>Abbreviator</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab*bre"vi*a`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL.: cf. F. <ets>abbr\'82viateur</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who abbreviates or shortens.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.</def>

<h1>Abbreviatory</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab*bre"vi*a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.</def>

<h1>Abbreviature</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab*bre"vi*a*ture</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.</def>

<blockquote>This is an excellent <b>abbreviature</b> of the whole duty of a Christian. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abb wool</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Abb" wool</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def> See <er>Abb</er>.</def>

<h1>A B C</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>A B C"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>The first three letters of the alphabet, used for the whole alphabet.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The simplest rudiments of any subject; <as>as, the <ex>A B C</ex> of finance</as>.</def>

<cs><col>A B C book</col>, <cd>a primer.</cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Abdal</h1> <Xpage=3>