abbreuvoir (approximately abbruv war)

[Properly Fr. = a watering-place; a drinking-pond for animals. Ital. abb ever are: ab-bre-vi-a-ting, pr. par. [ABBREVIATE.] ab-bre-vi-a'-tion, s. [ABBREVIATE.] L Gen.: The act or proce of shortening, abridging, or contracting. the proce of abbreviation and softening."Donald son: N. Cratylus, bk. ii., c. ii., p. 291. 1. Spec.: The curtailment of a document or the contraction of a word or words by omitting several of the letters, as M.A. = Master of Arts [see A as an abbreviation], adj . for adjective , . 2. Alg . & Arith . The reduction of a fraction to a simpler form: as IMG:content-0016.png:[blocks in formation] brew is from a different root.] 1. A watering-place. 2. Masonry: The junction between two stones; the interstices between two stones designed to be filled up with mortar.