P.S. Privy Seal
P.T.O. Please turn over
Pt. Point
Pub. Publisher
Pub. Doc. Public Documents
Q. Question
Q.B. Queen's Bench
Q.C. Queen's College, Queen's Council
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.l. (_Quantum libet_) as much as you please
Q. Mess. Queen's Messenger
Qm. (_Quomodo_) by what means, how
Q.p. or q. pl. (_Quantum placet_) as much as you please
Qr. Quarter
Q.S. (_Quantum sufficit_) a sufficient quantity
Q.v. (_Quantum vis_) as much as you will
Q.v. (_Quod vide_) which see
Qy. Query
R., Reaum. Reaumur (_thermometer_)
R.A. Royal Academy; Royal Academician; Royal Artillery
R.E. Royal Engineers
Recd. Received
Rect. Rector
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Ref. Reformation, reformed
Ref. Ch. Reformed Church
Ref. Reference
Regr. Registrar
Regt. Regiment
Rel. pron. Relative pronoun
Rep. Representative
Repub. Republican
R.M. Royal Marines
R.N. Royal Navy
Ro. (_Recto_) Right-hand page
Rom. Cath. Roman Catholic
R.P. (_Res Publica_) Republic
Ru. Runic
S. Solo (_In Italian Music_); South
S. SS. Section(s), Saint(s)
S.a. (_Secundum artem_) According to Art
Sax. Saxon
S.C. (_Senatus Consultum_) A decree of the Senate
S.C. (_In Law_) same case
Sch. Schooner(s)
Schol. (_Scholium_) a note
Sci. Science
Sculp. (_Sculpsit_) he engraved
S.E. Southeast
Sen. Senate, Senator
Seq. or sq. (_Sequente_) and in what follows
Seqq. or sqq. (_Sequentibus_) and in the following (places)
Ser. Series
Shak. Shakespeare
Sing. Singular (number)
S.J.C. Supreme Judicial Court
S. lat. South latitude
S.O.S. Marconi Distress Sign