the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.
n. An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A letter or character used as an abbreviation.
n. An abridgment; a compendium.
Word Usage
"This letter is the initial of the word _Jehovah_, or _Ihoh_, as I have already stated, and is constantly to be met with in Hebrew writings as the symbol or abbreviature of"