MAny are the Abbreviations by parts of words, I inserted here but those that are very commonly used in Writing and Print, and they are abbreviated as in the first Column hereof, and signifie the full words in the second.
The British language in its lustre, or, A copious dictionary of Welsh and English containing many more British words than are in Mr. Davies's Antiquae lingue Britannicae dictionarium duplex ... / compiled by the great pains and industry of Tho. Jones.
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- Title
- The British language in its lustre, or, A copious dictionary of Welsh and English containing many more British words than are in Mr. Davies's Antiquae lingue Britannicae dictionarium duplex ... / compiled by the great pains and industry of Tho. Jones.
- Author
- Jones, Thomas, 1648-1713.
- Publication
- Printed and sold in London :: By Mr. Lawrence Baskervile ... and Mr. John Marsh ...,
- 1688.
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- Welsh language -- Dictionaries -- English.
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"The British language in its lustre, or, A copious dictionary of Welsh and English containing many more British words than are in Mr. Davies's Antiquae lingue Britannicae dictionarium duplex ... / compiled by the great pains and industry of Tho. Jones." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47085.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 7, 2025.
Pages
First of Abbreviations by parts of words.
Page [unnumbered]
The Abbreviations. | The Dull words. |
Agt. | Against. |
Answ. | Answ. |
Capt. | Captain. |
Chap. | Chapter. |
Esq. | Esquire. |
Fol. | Folio, or Page; or side of a Leaf in a Book. |
Gent. | Gentlemen. |
Knt. | Knight. |
Ld. | Lord. |
Ldp. | Lordship. |
Lib. | Liber or Book. |
Mr. | Master. |
Mrs. | Mistress. |
Obj. | Objection. |
Pd. | Paid. |
Pr. | By. |
Prsent. | Present. |
Prmit. | Permit. |
Qu. | Question, Query. |
Reced. | Received. |
Sd. | Said. |
Sr. | Sir. |
St. | Saint. |
To wit. | That is, that is to say. |
Viz. | That is, that is to say. |
Wch. | Which. |
Wn. | When. |
Wt. | What. |
Wth | With. |
Yd. | Yard. |
Ye | The. |
Ym. | Them. |
Yn. | Then. |
Yt. | Tour. |
Yr. | That. |
Yu. | Thou. |