C.M., _causa mortis_=By reason of death.
C.M.G. Companion of the [Most Distinguished] Order of St Michael and St
George.
C.M.S. Church Missionary Society.
C.O. Colonial Office; Commanding Officer; Crown Office; Criminal Office.
CO. Cobalt; Company; County.
C/O. Care of.
COAD. Coadjutor.
COCH., COCHL., _cochlear_=a spoon, spoonful;--COCH. AMP., _cochlear
amplum_=a tablespoonful;--COCH. MAG., _cochlear magnum_=a large
spoonful;--COCH. MED., _cochlear medium_=a dessert-spoonful;--COCH. PARV.,
_cochlear parvum_=a teaspoonful.
COD. Codex.
C.O.D. Cash (or collect) on delivery.
COG. Cognate.
COL. Colonel; Column; Colossians.
COLL. College; Colleague; Collector; Colloquial.
COLLAT. Collateral.
COLLECT. Collective.
COLLOQ. Colloquially.
COM. Commander; Commodore; Committee; Commissioner; Commonwealth.
COM. Common; Comedy; Commerce; Commune.
COMM. Commentary; Commander.
COMMISSR. Commissioner;--COMMY., Commissary.
COMMN. Commission.
COMP. Comparative; Compositor; Compare; Compound or Compounded.
COMPAR. Comparative; Comparison.
COM. VER. Common Version.
CON. Consul.
CON., _contra_=Against; _conjux_=Consort: Conclusion; Conversation.
CONG. Congress; Congregation.
CONJ. Conjunction.
CONN. or CT. Connecticut.
CONS. Consonant.
CON. SEC. Conic Sections.
CONSOLS. Consolidated Funds.
CONTR. Contracted; Contraction.
CONTR. BON. MOR., _contra bonos mores_=Contrary to good manners.
COP., COPT. Coptic.
COR. Corinthians; Coroner.
COR. MEM. Corresponding Member.
CORN. Cornish; Cornwall.
CORR. Corrupted; Corruption.
COR. SEC. Corresponding Secretary.
C.O.S. Charity Organisation Society.
COS. Cosine.
COSMOG. Cosmography.
COSS., _consules_=Consuls.
COT. Cotangent.
CP. Compare.
C.P. Clerk of the Peace; Common Pleas: Carriage Paid.
C.P.C. Clerk of the Privy Council.
C.P.S., _Custos Privati Sigilli_=Keeper of the Privy Seal.
C.R., _Carolus rex_=King Charles; _Civis Romanus_=a Roman citizen; _Custos
Rotulorum_=Keeper of the Rolls.
CR. Credit; Creditor; Crown.
CRANIOL. Craniology.
CRES. Crescendo.
CRIM. CON. Criminal conversation, or adultery.
C.S. Court of Session; Clerk to the Signet; Civil Service; Chemical
Society.
C.S.A. Confederate States of America.
C.S.I. Companion of the [Most Exalted Order of the] Star of India.
C.T. Certificated Teacher; Commercial Traveller.
CT. Cent.
C.T.C. Cyclists' Touring Club.
CU., _cuprum_=Copper.
CU., CUB. Cubic.
CUR., CURT. Current--this month.
C.V. Common Version.
C.V.O. Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.
C.W. Canada West.
C.W.O. Cash with order.
CWT. A hundredweight--c for _centum_, a hundred, and _wt_ for weight.
CYC., CYCLO. Cyclopædia.
CYM. Cymric.
D., _dele_=Delete; Dead or Died; Deserted; Degree; _Denarius_ or
_denarii_=A penny or pence; Duke.
DAN. Daniel; Danish.
DAT. Dative.
DAU. Daughter.
DAV. David.
D.C., _Da Capo_ (It.)=Repeat from the beginning; District of Columbia.
D.C.L. Doctor of Civil Law.
D.C.S. Deputy Clerk of Session.
D.D., _Divinitatis Doctor_=Doctor of Divinity.
D.D., _Deo dedit_=Gave to God.
D.D.D., _dat, dicat, dedicat_=He gives, devotes, and dedicates; _Dono dedit
dedicavit_=He gave and dedicated as a gift.
DEA. Deacon.
DEC. December.
DEC. Declaration; Declension.
DECID. Deciduous.
DECL. Declension.
DEF. Defendant; Definition.
DEFT. Defendant.
DEG. Degree, Degrees.
DEL. Delaware; Delegate.
DEL., DELT., _delineavit_='He drew it,' put after the draftsman's name on
an engraving.
DEMON. Demonstrative.
DENT. Dental, Dentist, Dentistry.
DEP. Department (also DEPT.); Deputy.
DEP. Deposed.
DER. Derivation.
DEUT. Deuteronomy.
D.F. Defender of the Faith; Dean of the Faculty.
DFT. Defendant; Draft.
D.G., _Dei gratiâ_=By the grace of God.
D.H., _das heisst_ (Ger.). That is.
DIAL. Dialect.
DIAM. Diameter.
DICT. Dictator; Dictionary.
DIR. Director.
DISC. Discount; Discoverer.
DISS. Dissertation.
DIST. Distance; Distinguish.