M. W.—Most Worthy; Most Worshipful.

Myth.—Mythology.

N.—North; Number; Noun; Neuter.

n.—Note.

N. A.—North America.

Nah.—Nahum.

Nat. Hist.—Natural History.

Nath.—Nathanael or Nathaniel.

N. B.—New Brunswick; North Britain; _Nota bene_, mark well;

take notice.

N. C.—North Carolina.

n. d.—No date.

N. E.—New England; Northeast.

Neb.—Nebraska.

Neh.—Nehemiah.

n. e. i.—_Non est inventus_, he is not found.

nem. con., or nem. diss.—_Nemine contradicente_, or _nemine

dissentiente_, no one opposing; unanimously.