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.