But our etymologist will readily perceive this to be a mere abbreviation, and that they must originally have been known as kittens.

"Hence originated the customary abbreviation of twelve months into a twelve-month; seven nights into se'night; fourteen nights into a fortnight.

The word protoplasm must not be misunderstood to mean a substance of a definite chemical nature, or of an invariable morphological structure; it is applied to any part of a cell which shows the properties of life, and is therefore only a convenient abbreviation for the phrase "mass of living matter.

Needless abbreviations, to be avoided Able, ible, class of adjectives in, numerous in Eng.; difficulty with resp.

The effect can be well summed up in that decorous abbreviation by which our rustics speak of "Lady's Bedstraw," where they once spoke of "Our Lady's Bedstraw."

In the original, these read "looke now your grace shall see what a Iugler can doe" originally "loo" "bid some goe presently and fetch it" originally "fecth" "so I will proceede with other feates" originally "proceene" "the one filed asunder" originally "the the one" "A slouenly Charme for sore eies" originally "eiet" Abbreviations have been silently expanded.

Another reason for supposing that he may have been following an instructor is the excessive abbreviation.

True to the national proclivity for clipping names, the fishermen of Rhode Island appeal to him by the first syllable only of his Indian one,for in the waters thereabout he is talked of by the familiar abbreviation, Scup.

In this version, the spelling has been retained, but the following manuscript abbreviations have been silently expanded: - vowels with macrons = vowel + 'n' or 'm' - q;

Dr. Alexander Murray too, In accounting for the frequent abbreviation of words, seems to suggest the possibility of giving them the celerity of thought: "Contraction is a change which results from a propensity to make the signs as rapid as the thoughts which they express.

"I say, Diggy," exclaimed Jack Vance, addressing the new boy by the friendly abbreviation, which seemed by mutual consent to have been bestowed upon him in recognition of his daring exploit"I say, Diggy, you're in my bedroom: there's you, and me, and Mugford.

The term may be objected to, as the result of a grammatical abbreviation, but if not adopted practically, it may do as a poetical synonym for this great lake.

G.A.O.T.U. A masonic abbreviation used as a symbol of the name of God, and signifying the Grand Architect of the Universe.

Nevertheless we are in a position to make a safe use of these non-presentative but useful abbreviations, and by means of a particular idea to develop truths of wider application.

[Footnote: Paper, with slight abbreviation, read by Mr. David Gravell, Assoc.

He himself liked "Theophil" for its reminiscence of another French poet, though "Theo" was perhaps the more suitable abbreviation for one of his profession.

[Proofreader's Note: Additional abbreviations found in the text are: G.W.R. = Great Western Railway S.& D. = Somerset and Dorset Railway.]

There was the same sweet pedantry of the Attic e, the same superiority to the most venial abbreviation, the same inconsistent forest of exclamatory notes, thick as poplars across the channel.

(This time he has really finished, but with so artful an abbreviation at the point where her interest has been most roused that the Queen would fain have him go on.

The correct modern abbreviation is Ciceter.

The words used by Lloyd George on May 18, 1921, in the House of Commons, are a courteous abbreviation of the truth.