O. U. A.—Order of United Americans.
Oxf.—Oxford.
Oxon.—_Oxonia_, _Oxonii_, Oxford.
oz.—Ounce.
P.—_Particula_, a little part, as much as can be taken between
the ends of two fingers; _pondere_, by weight.
P. or p.—Page; Part; Participle.
Pa. or Penna.—Pennsylvania.
Pal.—Palæontology.
Par.—Paragraph.
Par. pas.—Parallel passage.
Parl.—Parliament.
Pathol.—Pathology.
Payt.—Payment.
Pb.—_Plumbum_, lead.
P. C.—_Patres Conscripti_, Conscript Fathers; Senators.
P. C.—Privy Council; Privy Councillor.
Pd.—Paid.
P. E.—Protestant Episcopal.
P. E. I.—Prince Edward Island.
Pent.—Pentecost.
Per, or pr.—By the, or per lb.
Per an.—_Per annum_, by the year.
Per cent.—_Per centum_, by the hundred.
Peri.—Perigee.
Pet.—Peter.
P. G.—Past Grand.
Phar.—Pharmacy.
Ph. B.—_Philosophiæ Baccalaureus_, Bachelor of Philosophy.
Ph. D.—_Philosophiæ Doctor_, Doctor of Philosophy.
Ph. G.—_Pharmaciæ Graduatus_, Graduate in Pharmacy.
Phil.—Philip; Philippians; Philosophy; Philemon.
Phila. or Phil.—Philadelphia.
Philem.—Philemon.
Philom.—_Philomathes_, a lover of learning.
Philomath.—_Philomathematicus_, a lover of the mathematics.
Phil. Trans.—Philosophical Transactions.
Phren.—Phrenology.
P. H. S.—Pennsylvania Historical Society.
Pinx. or pxt.—_Pinxit_, he painted it.
P. J.—President Judge; Police Justice.
Pl. or Plur.—Plural.
Plff.—Plaintiff.
P. M.—_Post meridiem_, afternoon; Post-master; Passed
Midshipman.
P. M. G.—Postmaster-General.
P. O.—Post-Office.
Pop.—Population.
Port.—Portugal or Portuguese.
P. P.—_Pater patria_, the father of his country; _Propositum
publice_, public notification.
P. P. C.—_Pour prendre congé_, to take leave.
Pp. or pp.—Pages.
Pph.—Pamphlet.
P. R.—_Populus Romanus_, the Roman people.
P. R. A.—President of Royal Academy.
P. R. C.—_Post Romanum conditum_, from the building of Rome.
Pref.—Preface.
Prep.—Preposition.
Pres.—President.
Prin.—Principally.
Prob.—Problem.
Prof.—Professor.
Pron.—Pronoun; Pronunciation.
Prop.—Proposition.
Prot.—Protestant.
Pro tem.—_Pro tempore_, for the time being.
Prov.—Proverbs; Provost.
prox.—_Proximo_, next (month.)
P. R. S.—President of the Royal Society.
P. S.—_Post scriptum_, Postscript; Privy Seal.
Ps.—Psalm or Psalms.
Pt.—Part; Pint; Payment; Point; Port.
p. t.—Post-town.
P. T. O.—Please turn over.
Pub.—Publisher; Publication; Published; Public.
Pub. Doc.—Public Documents.
p. v.—Post-village.
pwt.—Pennyweight; pennyweights.
Q.—Queen; Question.
q.—quintal; _Quasi_, as it were; almost.
Q. B.—Queen’s Bench.
Q. C.—Queen’s College; Queen’s Counsel.
q. d.—_Quasi dicat_, as if he should say; _quasi dictum_, as if
said; _quasi dixisset_, as if he had said.
q. e.—_Quod est_, which is.
q. e. d.—_Quod erat demonstrandum_, which was to be proved.
q. e. f.—_Quod erat faciendum_, which was to be done.
q. e. i.—_Quod erat inveniendum_, which was to be found out.
q. l.—_Quantum libet_, as much as you please.
Q. M.—Quartermaster.
qm.—_Quomodo_, how; by what means.
Q. M. G.—Quartermaster-General.
q. p. or q. pl.—_Quantum placet_, as much as you please.
Qr.—Quarter.
Q. S.—Quarter Sessions.
q. s.—_Quantum sufficit_, a sufficient quantity.
qt.—Quart.
qu. or qy. (?).—_Quære_, inquire; query.
Quar.—Quarterly.
Ques.—Question.
q. v.—_Quod vide_, which see; _Quantum vis_, as much as you
will.
℞.—_Recipe_, take; Response, in church books.
R.—_Regina_, Queen; _Rex_, King; River; Rood; Rod.
R. A.—Royal Academy; Royal Academician; Royal Artillery.
R. A.—Royal Arch; Royal Association.
R. E.—Royal Engineers.
Rec.—Recipe; Recorder.
Recd.—Received.
Rec. Sec.—Recording Secretary.
Rect.—Rector; Receipt.
Ref.—Reference.
Ref. Ch.—Reformed Church.
Reg.—Register; Regular.
Reg. Prof.—Regius Professor.
Regr.—Registrar.
Regt.—Regiment.
Rel.—Religion.
Rep.—Representative; Republican; Report.
Rev.—Reverend; Revelation (Book of;) Review; Revenue; Revise.
Rhet.—Rhetoric.
R. I.—Rhode Island.
Richd.—Richard.
R. M.—Royal Marines; Royal Mail.
R. M. S.—Royal Mail Steamer.
R. N.—Royal Navy.
Ro.—_Recto_, right—hand page.
Robt.—Robert.