| * |
= |
born |
| & |
= |
and, as "Smith, Jones & Co." |
| &c or etc. |
= |
(et cetera) and so forth |
| A |
= |
statute acre/s, as 1A 3r. 39p. or as A1·3·39 or as A1.99375 |
| a. |
= |
anna |
| @ |
= |
at, as @ $19 9d. 9 1/2c. a gt.gro. |
| -/a |
= |
are |
| a/c or acct. |
= |
account |
| ad val |
= |
(ad valorem) value |
| Al or alum. |
= |
aluminium |
| aM |
= |
avoirdupois minim |
| a.m. or A.M. |
= |
(ante meridiem) after midnight to before noon, 12 M is noon |
| amt |
= |
amount |
| ans. |
= |
answer |
| ap. |
= |
apothecaries' |
| Apr. |
= |
April |
| a/s |
= |
account sales |
| ASG |
= |
American Screw Gage ((shank dia. - 0.056'') ÷ 0.01300) |
| Aug. |
= |
August |
| av. |
= |
avoirdupois, average |
| avdp. or avoir. |
= |
avoirdupois |
| avge. |
= |
average |
| AWG |
= |
American Wire Gage (Brown & Sharpe Wire Gage) |
| bal. |
= |
balance |
| bbl. or brl. |
= |
barrel |
| bcn. |
= |
barleycorn |
| bjk. |
= |
blackjack |
| bk. |
= |
book, bank, bulk, dry, sec, seche |
| bl. |
= |
bale |
| b/l |
= |
bill of lading |
| bla. |
= |
blank |
| bra. |
= |
braza |
| brl. or bbl. |
= |
barrel |
| BSGWG |
= |
Birmingham Silver & Gold Wire Gage |
| BSWG |
= |
Brown & Sharpe Wire Gage (American Wire Gage) |
| BTU |
= |
Britains Thermal Unit |
| bu. or bush. |
= |
bushel, windle, winnel |
| buc. |
= |
bucket, tovet, kenning (NOT ken of 6 miles), kerosene-tin |
| bush. or bu. |
= |
bushel, windle, winnel |
| BWG |
= |
Birmingham Wire Gage (Stub's Iron Wire Gage) |
| bx. |
= |
box |
| C |
= |
(centum) hundred, (congius) gallon, Consulate/Celsiusgrade temperature |
| c. |
= |
cent, statute square chain |
| © |
= |
copyrighted |
| c/a |
= |
centiare |
| cal. |
= |
caliber, california |
| cam. |
= |
cambridge |
| card. |
= |
cardinal |
| cb. |
= |
coomb |
| cbl. |
= |
cable |
| cd. |
= |
cord |
| c.fr. |
= |
cost & freight |
| c.f.i. |
= |
cost freight & insurance |
| c/g |
= |
centigravre |
| ch. |
= |
chain |
| c/h |
= |
centiheure |
| chd. |
= |
chalder |
| chg. |
= |
charge |
| cho. |
= |
chopine, pint |
| ci or cu.in. |
= |
cubic inch/s |
| c.i.f. |
= |
carriage and insurance free |
| cir. |
= |
circular |
| ck. |
= |
check |
| c/l |
= |
centilitre |
| c/m |
= |
centimetre |
| cml. |
= |
commercial |
| Co. |
= |
company, county |
| c/o |
= |
care of |
| c.o.d. |
= |
collect on delivery |
| coll. |
= |
collection |
| com. |
= |
common, commission |
| Cr. |
= |
credit, creditor |
| cr. |
= |
crate |
| cs. |
= |
case |
| c/s |
= |
centistere |
| csp. or egs. |
= |
coffeespoon, eggspoon |
| Ct |
= |
N.E.R.E./Centigrade temperature |
| ct. |
= |
carat |
| ctl. |
= |
cental, 100 av.lb. or 100 av.pt., 100 fl.pt., 100 dry pt., 100 imp.pt. |
| ctr. |
= |
centner, 112 av.lb. or 112 av.pt., 112 fl.pt., 112 dry pt., 112 imp.pt. |
| c-tsp. or rsp. |
= |
(80 fM) cooks-teaspoon, kitchen-teaspoon, recipespoon |
| cu. |
= |
cubic |
| cun. |
= |
cunningham |
| cwt. |
= |
hundredweight |
| d. |
= |
disme, dime, (denarius) penny/pence/pennies |
| da. |
= |
day |
| d/a |
= |
days after acceptance |
| da/a |
= |
deca-are |
| da/g |
= |
decagravre |
| da/l |
= |
decalitre |
| da/m |
= |
decametre |
| da/s |
= |
decastere |
| dbl. |
= |
double |
| Dec. |
= |
December |
| dec. |
= |
deceased |
| deg. (°) |
= |
degree |
| dept. |
= |
department |
| dft. |
= |
draft |
| dia. |
= |
diameter |
| di/a |
= |
deciare |
| di/g |
= |
decigravre |
| di/h |
= |
deciheure |
| di/l |
= |
decilitre |
| di/m |
= |
decimetre |
| di/s |
= |
decistere |
| disc. |
= |
discount |
| dm. |
= |
drachm |
| do. (") |
= |
ditto |
| dol. |
= |
dollar/s, piece-of-8, 8-bits, 8-reals, peso, crown, buckskin, continental |
| dou. or hbth. ('''') |
= |
douzieme, hairbreadth |
| doz. |
= |
dozen, as 12 |
| dp. |
= |
drop |
| dph. |
= |
dollarpinch |
| Dr. |
= |
debit, debtor, doctor |
| dr. or m-tsp. |
= |
dram, (60 fM) medicinal-teaspoon |
| dry |
= |
bulk, sec, seche |
| d/s |
= |
days after sight |
| dsp. |
= |
dessertspoon, sweet-meatspoon |
| dt. |
= |
digit |
| dut. |
= |
dutch |
| dwt. or pwt. |
= |
pennyweight |
| E |
= |
east, eagle, escruple, scruple |
| ea. |
= |
each |
| e.g. |
= |
(exempli gratia) for example |
| egs. or csp. |
= |
eggspoon, coffeespoon |
| eM |
= |
explicit minim |
| Eq. |
= |
Equator |
| et. |
= |
explicit |
| etc. or &c |
= |
(et cetera) and so forth |
| ex. |
= |
example, exercise, express |
| exch. |
= |
exchange |
| exp. |
= |
expense |
| ex. works |
= |
buyer bears all costs of transport from seller's premises |
| F or ° |
= |
degree, common/Fahrenheit temperature |
| f or fu. or fur. |
= |
statute furlong |
| f. |
= |
(quadrans) farthing/s, foot, fine |
| f° or fo |
= |
folio |
| f.a.k. |
= |
freight all kinds |
| fbm. |
= |
board foot (foot, board measure) |
| f.c.l. |
= |
full container load |
| Feb. |
= |
February |
| FEU |
= |
forty foot equivalent unit |
| f.i.s. |
= |
free into store |
| fl. |
= |
fluid, liquid |
| fM |
= |
fluid minim |
| fm. or fth. |
= |
fathom |
| fn. |
= |
firkin, keg |
| fo or f° |
= |
folio |
| f.o.b. |
= |
free on board |
| f.o.w. |
= |
free on wharf |
| fr. |
= |
french, fresh |
| Fri. |
= |
Friday |
| frt. |
= |
freight |
| ft. (') |
= |
foot |
| fth. or fm. |
= |
fathom |
| fu. or fur. or f |
= |
furlong, stadium, shot |
| G |
= |
gage, guage |
| g. |
= |
gunter square link, guinea |
| -/g |
= |
gravre |
| ga. |
= |
gage, guage |
| gal. |
= |
gallon |
| G.I. |
= |
government issue |
| gi. |
= |
gill, jill, noggin |
| gr. |
= |
grain |
| gro. |
= |
gross, as 144, or 12 x 12 |
| gt.gro. |
= |
great gross, as 1728, or 12 x 12 x 12 |
| guar. |
= |
guarantee |
| gun. |
= |
gunter |
| H |
= |
hour/s, as 1H 59' 59" 59''' or as H1·59·59·59 |
| -/h |
= |
heure |
| h/a |
= |
hectoare |
| hans. |
= |
hansard |
| hbth. or dou. ('''') |
= |
hairbreadth, douzieme |
| hd. |
= |
hand, head |
| hf. |
= |
half |
| h/g |
= |
hectogravre |
| hhd. |
= |
hogshead |
| h/l |
= |
hectolitre |
| h/m |
= |
hectometre |
| HP |
= |
brake horsepower |
| hr. |
= |
hour |
| h/s |
= |
hectostere |
| hun. |
= |
hundred, (100) short hundred, (120) long hundred |
| hvy. |
= |
heavy |
| i.e. |
= |
(id est) that is |
| imp. |
= |
improved, imperial |
| in. (") |
= |
inch |
| inc. or incl. |
= |
include/s |
| ins. |
= |
insurance |
| inst. |
= |
(instant) the present month |
| int. |
= |
interest |
| inv. |
= |
invoice |
| inv'y |
= |
inventory |
| IWG |
= |
Improved/Imperial Wire Gage (Standard Wire Gage) |
| Jan. |
= |
January |
| jct. |
= |
junction |
| ji. |
= |
jill, gill, noggin |
| jig. |
= |
jigger |
| jk. |
= |
jack |
| Jul. |
= |
July |
| Jun. |
= |
June |
| k/a |
= |
kiloare |
| ken. |
= |
kenning (NOT ken of 6 miles), tovet, bucket |
| kg. |
= |
keg, firkin, king |
| k/g |
= |
kilogravre |
| kim. |
= |
kimnel |
| kkn. |
= |
kilderkin, runlet |
| k/l |
= |
kilolitre |
| k/m |
= |
kilometre |
| kn. |
= |
knot |
| k/s |
= |
kilostere |
| kt. |
= |
karat |
| k-tsp. or rsp. |
= |
(80 fM) kitchen-teaspoon, cooks-teaspoon, recipespoon |
| Kv |
= |
Kelvingrade temperature |
| L |
= |
line/s |
| -/l |
= |
litre |
| lat. |
= |
latitude |
| Lb |
= |
old av.lb. as Lb1·15·23 or new av.lb. as Lb1:15:15 |
| lb. |
= |
(libra) pound/s, pint, punnet, chopine |
| l/c |
= |
letter of credit |
| l.c.l. |
= |
less than container load |
| lgr. |
= |
leiger |
| lig. or m-seed (''') |
= |
ligne, mustardseed |
| liq. |
= |
liquid, fluid |
| lislb. |
= |
1 hansard lispound/stone, 1/16 hansard shippound, 18 avoirdupois lb. |
| lk. |
= |
link |
| lon. |
= |
longitude |
| lp |
= |
list price |
| lr.oz. |
= |
leather-ounce |
| L.S. |
= |
(locus sigillis) place for the seal |
| lt. |
= |
light |
| ltd. |
= |
limited |
| M |
= |
meridiem, noon, high noon, (mille) thousand, minim |
| 12 M |
= |
meridiem, noon, high noon |
| m or ml. or mi. |
= |
statute mile |
| m. |
= |
mill/s |
| -/m |
= |
metre |
| m/a |
= |
milliare |
| Mar. |
= |
March |
| mdse. |
= |
merchandise |
| meas. |
= |
measure |
| mer. |
= |
meridian |
| merc. |
= |
merchant |
| m/g |
= |
milligravre |
| Mh |
= |
mohur |
| m/h |
= |
milliheure |
| mi. or ml. or m |
= |
mile |
| min. (') |
= |
minute |
| mk. |
= |
mark, cup |
| ml. or mi. or m |
= |
mile |
| m/l |
= |
millilitre |
| m/m |
= |
millimetre |
| mo. |
= |
month |
| Mon. |
= |
Monday |
| mortg. |
= |
mortgage |
| m/s |
= |
millistere |
| m-seed or lig. (''') |
= |
mustardseed, ligne |
| msp. or dsp. |
= |
sweet-meatspoon, dessertspoon |
| m-tsp. or dr. |
= |
(60 fM) medicinal-teaspoon, dram |
| my. |
= |
myte, mite |
| N |
= |
north |
| naut. or ntl. |
= |
nautical |
| NE |
= |
north-east |
| nere or N.E.R.E. |
= |
Napoleon Emperor's Republic of Europe |
| nlth. |
= |
nail-length |
| no. |
= |
number |
| Nov. |
= |
November |
| ntl. or naut. |
= |
nautical |
| num. |
= |
numeral |
| NW |
= |
north-west |
| nwt. |
= |
nailweight |
| O |
= |
(octarius) pint |
| Oct. |
= |
October |
| oct. |
= |
octave |
| O.K. |
= |
correct, all correct (Ole Korrect) |
| oz. |
= |
ounce, shot, coffeescoop |
| p. |
= |
stt. pale, stt. pitch (not fl. pitch), stt.sq. pole, stt.sq. pike |
| par. |
= |
paragraph |
| pay't |
= |
payment |
| p-b. |
= |
pear-barley, pot-barley |
| pc. |
= |
piece |
| pch. |
= |
perch |
| pd. |
= |
paid |
| per |
= |
by, by the, as in "per C" "per M" "per doz."
"per gt.gro." |
| pfd. |
= |
preferred |
| ph. |
= |
pinch |
| pic. |
= |
picard |
| pk. |
= |
peck |
| pkg. |
= |
package |
| p.m. or P.M. |
= |
(post meridiem) after noon to midnight, 12·00·00·0 p.m. is
midnight |
| po. |
= |
pole, rod, fall, lug, pike |
| pot. |
= |
pottle, pitcher |
| pp. |
= |
pages |
| pr. |
= |
pair |
| pri. |
= |
prime |
| prox. |
= |
(proximo) in the following month |
| pt. |
= |
pint, pound, punnet, chopine, point |
| pun. |
= |
puncheon |
| PWG |
= |
Providence Wire Gage |
| pwt. or dwt. |
= |
pennyweight |
| q. or f. |
= |
(quadrans) farthing/s, quarter |
| qr. |
= |
quire (as 24 paper sheets) |
| qt. |
= |
quart, pitch |
| qtr. |
= |
quarter |
| qu. |
= |
queen |
| R |
= |
Directorate/Reaumurgrade temperature |
| r. |
= |
statute rood, statute farthingdeal, statute arpent, rupee |
| ® |
= |
registered trademark |
| rad. |
= |
radian |
| ras. |
= |
raser |
| rat. |
= |
rathborne |
| rd. |
= |
rod, pole, fall, lug, pike, road |
| rec'd |
= |
received |
| rec't |
= |
receipt |
| ref. |
= |
reference |
| rev. |
= |
reverse |
| Rk |
= |
Rankine temperature |
| rm. |
= |
ream, as 480 paper sheets, or 20 x 24 paper sheets |
| RR |
= |
railroad |
| rsp. or c-tsp. |
= |
recipespoon, (80 fM) kitchen-teaspoon, cooks-teaspoon |
| S |
= |
south |
| S. or Sig. |
= |
write - used in prescriptions to indicate directions to be put on medicine
pk. |
| s. |
= |
shilling/s |
| -/s |
= |
stere |
| Sat. |
= |
Saturday |
| s-butt |
= |
scuttlebutt |
| scr. or ssp. |
= |
scruple, saltspoon, snuffspoon |
| SE |
= |
south-east |
| sec. (") |
= |
second, section |
| sec'y |
= |
secretary |
| Sep. or Sept. |
= |
September |
| set |
= |
settlement |
| shiplb. |
= |
1 hansard shippound, 1 avoirdupois octave, 16 hansard lispounds |
| sh.lk. |
= |
shaftment link (6.6 in.) |
| sig. |
= |
signed, signature |
| SIWG |
= |
Stub's Iron Wire Gage (Birmingham Wire Gage) |
| s-msp. or dsp. |
= |
sweet-meatspoon, dessertspoon |
| sov. |
= |
sovereign |
| sq. |
= |
square |
| ssp. |
= |
saltspoon, snuffspoon, scruple |
| SSWG |
= |
Stub's Steel Wire Gage |
| st. |
= |
stone, street |
| stat. or stt. |
= |
statute |
| std. |
= |
standard |
| stk. |
= |
stock |
| str. |
= |
strike |
| stt. or stat. |
= |
statute |
| Sun. |
= |
Sunday |
| superf. |
= |
superficial |
| SW |
= |
south-west |
| SWG |
= |
Standard Wire Gage (Improved/Imperial Wire Gage) |
| T. or t. |
= |
ton |
| tbs. |
= |
tablespoon, loth |
| tce. |
= |
tierce, cran |
| tdd. |
= |
thirdendal |
| temp. |
= |
temperature |
| TEU |
= |
twenty foot equivalent unit |
| Thu. |
= |
Thursday |
| t-hen |
= |
tappet-hen |
| tp. or twp. |
= |
township, 23040 statute acres, 36 stt.sq.ml., 1 stt.sq. ken |
| tq. or tqtr. |
= |
townquarter, 5760 statute acres, 9 stt.sq.ml., 1 stt.sq. league |
| treas. |
= |
treasurer, treasury |
| tsec. or tsect. |
= |
townsection, 640 statute acres, 1 statute square mile |
| tsp. |
= |
(60 fM) medicinal-teaspoon, dr., (80 fM) cooks-teaspoon, k-tsp., rsp. |
| tt. |
= |
tovet, bucket, kenning (NOT ken of 6 miles), kerosene-tin |
| Tue. or Tues. |
= |
Tuesday |
| twp. or tp. |
= |
township, 23040 statute acres, 36 stt.sq.ml., 1 stt.sq. ken |
| typ. |
= |
type |
| ult. |
= |
(ultimo) in the last month |
| USSWG |
= |
United States Steel Wire Gage (Washburn & Moen Steel Wire Gage) |
| va. |
= |
vara |
| via |
= |
by the way of |
| viz. |
= |
(videlicet) namely |
| vol. |
= |
volume |
| W |
= |
west |
| Wed. |
= |
Wednesday |
| win. |
= |
winchester |
| wk. |
= |
week |
| WMSWG |
= |
Washburn & Moen Steel Wire Gage (United States Steel Wire Gage) |
| WSG |
= |
Wilkinson Screw Gage ((shank dia. - 0.060'') ÷ 0.01300) |
| wt. |
= |
weight |
| X |
= |
sawbuck, eagle |
| yd. |
= |
yard |
| yr. |
= |
year |
| f° or fo |
= |
folio |
| 4° or 4to |
= |
quarto |
| 8° or 8vo |
= |
octavo |
| 12° or 12mo |
= |
twelvemo (duodecimo) |
| 16° or 16 mo |
= |
sixteenmo (sextodecimo) |
| 18° or 18mo |
= |
eighteenmo (octodecimo) |
| 24° or 24mo |
= |
twenty-fourmo |
| 32° or 32mo |
= |
thirty-twomo |
| 48° or 48mo |
= |
forty-eightmo |
| • |
|
|
| port $ |
= |
lefthand pillar of fire/gold or Mt. Ceuta/King Solomon's Temple |
| starboard $ |
= |
righthand pillar of smoke/silver or Rock of Gibraltar/King Solomon's
Temple |
| pillar of fire ($) |
= |
Flight from Egypt - during that night to lead the Jews to the Red Sea |
| pillar of smoke ($) |
= |
Flight from Egypt - during that day to hide the Jews from Pharaoh's Army |
| 1000 yr. secret of bronze |
= |
Britain (Bars-Of-Tin, or Islands of Bri-Tain) & Phoenician Alliance
copper |
| $$ |
= |
exit to World's End or Barra Tannica (Islands of Tin, or Isl.
of Bri-Tain) |
| $$ |
= |
Pillars of Hercules & exit to World's End |
| $$ |
= |
Straits of Gibraltar & entrance to Britannic Islands |
| $$ |
= |
King Solomon's Temple 2 pillar doorway, l/h pillar gold & r/h pillar
silver |
| $$ |
= |
King Solomon's Temple, Jeruselem, Kingdom of Judea & Israel |
| $ |
= |
I8I, eight reals coin, piece of eight |
| $ |
= |
I5I, five shillings coin |