[From Cregeen's Dictionary, 1835]

ABBREVIATIONS IN THE DICTIONARY.

A, B, C, CH, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, 0, P, Q, B, S, Sf1, SL, T, U, F, W, or Y, at the end of a line, shows that the word is a derivative or aspiration of one whose initial radically is A or B, &c. C, placed after ek, shows it to be an aspiration of a word radically without an ii, and so for G placed after gh, P after ph, &c.

a Adjective.
adv Adverb.
a. d Adjective derivative.
a. p1 Adjective plural.
adv. p Adverb and pronoun.
art Article.
art. p1 Article plural.
comp Comparative degree.
conj Conjunction.
c. p Conjunction and pronoun.
dim Diminutive.
em Emphatically.
f Feminine gender.
Gal Galic or Gaelic.
Heb Hebrew, & Book of Hebrews.
id. or idem The same as above.
in Interjection
1it Literally.
P Pronominal.
p1 Plural.
p. p Preposition and Pronoun
pre Preposition.
pro Pronoun.
Proc Manks Proverb.
pt Participle.
S Substantive.
Sf Substantive feminine
sing Singular.
s. m Substantive masculine.
s. m.f Do. masculine and feminine.
S. p1 Substantive plural.
sup Superlative degree.
Syn Synonymous.
v Verb.
v.i. Verb imperative.
- a sign of repetition, and the reader is directed to read the word instead of the mark.
* This is placed before such verbs where two are inserted, as,TROG, the verb used alone; the one marked thus, * TROGG, is the verb that is to be joined to AGH, EE, EY, &c.
The figures 1, 2, 3, &c., refer to remarks in the Introduction, relative to the meaning of the termination, sound, or part of speech, &c.