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The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.MacKellar, Thomas

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The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.

Name: The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.
Author: MacKellar, Thomas

MacKellar, Thomas

Graphic design (Typography); Printing -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Printing industry -- United States

Wisd.—Wisdom, (Book of.)

    Wk.—Week.

    W. lon.—West longitude.

    W. M.—Worshipful Master.

    Wm.—William.

    W. N. W.—West-northwest.

    Wpful.—Worshipful.

    W. S.—Writer to the Signet.

    W. S. W.—West-southwest.

    W. T.—Washington Territory.

    Wt.—Weight.

    W. Va.—West Virginia.

    X.—Ten or tenth.

    XI.—Eleven.

    XII.—Twelve.

    XIII.—Thirteen.

    XIV.—Fourteen.

    XV.—Fifteen.

    XVI.—Sixteen.

    XVII.—Seventeen.

    XVIII.—Eighteen.

    XIX.—Nineteen.

    XX.—Twenty.

    XXX.—Thirty.

    XL.—Forty.

    XC.—Ninety.

    X. or Xt.—Christ.

    Xmas or Xm.—Christmas.

    Xn. or Xtian.—Christian.

    Xnty. or Xty.—Christianity.

    Xper. or Xr.—Christopher.

    Yd.—Yard.

    y. or yᵉ.—The.

    yᵐ.—Them.

    yⁿ.—Then.

    yʳ.—Their; Your.

    yˢ.—This.

    yᵗ.—That.

    Y. M. C. A.—Young Men’s Christian Association.

    Yrs.—Years; Yours.

    Zach.—Zachary.

    Zech.—Zechariah.

    Zeph.—Zephaniah.

    Zool.—Zoology.

    &.—And.

    &c.—And so forth.

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FOREIGN WORDS AND PHRASES, WITH TRANSLATIONS.

    _A bas._—Down with.

    _A capite ad calcem._—From head to foot.

    _A fin._—To the end.

    _A fortiori._—With stronger reason.

    _A l’abandon._—At random.

    _A la bonne heure._—Opportunely; in good time.

    _A la dérobée._—By stealth.

    _A la mode._—According to the fashion.

    _A main armée._—With force of arms.

    _A mensa et thoro._—From bed and board.

    _A posteriori._—From effect to cause; from the latter.

    _A priori._—From cause to effect; from the former.

    _A tempo giusto._—To sing or play in true time. (_Music._)

    _A tempo rimo._—To restore the original movement. (_Music._)

    _A vinculo matrimonii._—From the tie of marriage.

    _A votre santé._—To your health.

    _Ab extra._—From without.

    _Ab initio._—From the beginning.

    _Ab origine._—From the beginning.

    _Ab ova._—From the beginning.

    _Ab urbe conditâ._—From the building of the city (Rome);
    abridged A. U. C.

    _Abit invidia._—All offence apart; let there be no malice.

    _Absit omen._—May it not prove ominous.

    _Absque hoc._—Without this or that.

    _Ac etiam._—And also.

    _Actum est de republica._—It is all over with the commonwealth.

    _Ad absurdum._—To show the absurdity.

    _Ad arbitrium._—At pleasure.

    _Ad astra per aspera._—To the stars through difficulties.

    _Ad captandum vulgus._—To catch the mob or the vulgar.

    _Ad eundem._—To the same point or degree.

    _Ad finem._—To the end.

    _Ad Græcas Calendas._—An indefinite postponement. (The Greeks
    had no calends.)

    _Ad hominem._—To the man (that is, to the interests or the
    passions of the man.)

    _Ad infinitum._—Without end.

    _Ad inquirendum._—For inquiry.

    _Ad interim._—In the mean while.

    _Ad libitum._—At pleasure.

    _Ad litem._—For the action (at law.)

    _Ad nauseam._—To a disgusting degree.

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The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.

MacKellar, Thomas

Graphic design (Typography); Printing -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Printing industry -- United States

Wisd.—Wisdom, (Book of.)

    Wk.—Week.

    W. lon.—West longitude.

    W. M.—Worshipful Master.

    Wm.—William.

    W. N. W.—West-northwest.

    Wpful.—Worshipful.

    W. S.—Writer to the Signet.

    W. S. W.—West-southwest.

    W. T.—Washington Territory.

    Wt.—Weight.

    W. Va.—West Virginia.

    X.—Ten or tenth.

    XI.—Eleven.

    XII.—Twelve.

    XIII.—Thirteen.

    XIV.—Fourteen.

    XV.—Fifteen.

    XVI.—Sixteen.

    XVII.—Seventeen.

    XVIII.—Eighteen.

    XIX.—Nineteen.

    XX.—Twenty.

    XXX.—Thirty.

    XL.—Forty.

    XC.—Ninety.

    X. or Xt.—Christ.

    Xmas or Xm.—Christmas.

    Xn. or Xtian.—Christian.

    Xnty. or Xty.—Christianity.

    Xper. or Xr.—Christopher.

    Yd.—Yard.

    y. or yᵉ.—The.

    yᵐ.—Them.

    yⁿ.—Then.

    yʳ.—Their; Your.

    yˢ.—This.

    yᵗ.—That.

    Y. M. C. A.—Young Men’s Christian Association.

    Yrs.—Years; Yours.

    Zach.—Zachary.

    Zech.—Zechariah.

    Zeph.—Zephaniah.

    Zool.—Zoology.

    &.—And.

    &c.—And so forth.

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FOREIGN WORDS AND PHRASES, WITH TRANSLATIONS.

    _A bas._—Down with.

    _A capite ad calcem._—From head to foot.

    _A fin._—To the end.

    _A fortiori._—With stronger reason.

    _A l’abandon._—At random.

    _A la bonne heure._—Opportunely; in good time.

    _A la dérobée._—By stealth.

    _A la mode._—According to the fashion.

    _A main armée._—With force of arms.

    _A mensa et thoro._—From bed and board.

    _A posteriori._—From effect to cause; from the latter.

    _A priori._—From cause to effect; from the former.

    _A tempo giusto._—To sing or play in true time. (_Music._)

    _A tempo rimo._—To restore the original movement. (_Music._)

    _A vinculo matrimonii._—From the tie of marriage.

    _A votre santé._—To your health.

    _Ab extra._—From without.

    _Ab initio._—From the beginning.

    _Ab origine._—From the beginning.

    _Ab ova._—From the beginning.

    _Ab urbe conditâ._—From the building of the city (Rome);
    abridged A. U. C.

    _Abit invidia._—All offence apart; let there be no malice.

    _Absit omen._—May it not prove ominous.

    _Absque hoc._—Without this or that.

    _Ac etiam._—And also.

    _Actum est de republica._—It is all over with the commonwealth.

    _Ad absurdum._—To show the absurdity.

    _Ad arbitrium._—At pleasure.

    _Ad astra per aspera._—To the stars through difficulties.

    _Ad captandum vulgus._—To catch the mob or the vulgar.

    _Ad eundem._—To the same point or degree.

    _Ad finem._—To the end.

    _Ad Græcas Calendas._—An indefinite postponement. (The Greeks
    had no calends.)

    _Ad hominem._—To the man (that is, to the interests or the
    passions of the man.)

    _Ad infinitum._—Without end.

    _Ad inquirendum._—For inquiry.

    _Ad interim._—In the mean while.

    _Ad libitum._—At pleasure.

    _Ad litem._—For the action (at law.)

    _Ad nauseam._—To a disgusting degree.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.

The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.

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