inst.
abbreviation
inst.
Americanabbreviation
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instantaneous.
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(usually initial capital letter) institute.
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(usually initial capital letter) institution.
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instructor.
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instrument.
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instrumental.
Inst.
British
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Institute
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Institution
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Thus we got on quietly on our way southward until Tuesday, the 16th inst., when we were 50 miles south and 100 miles west of port, and thought we might get in the next day.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 11, 2011
The Christian World of the 1st inst. has another note on the article on “Some Muslim Laws and Beliefs.”
From Satires And Profanities by G. W. (George William) Foote
Sir:—Your letter of the 5th inst. was duly received.
From Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War by George William Brown
A very interesting cricket-match took place at Ghain Tuffieha on Wednesday last, 24th inst., when eleven Nursing Sisters played eleven officers.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 21st, 1916 by Various
The Danville Advertiser of the 7th inst. says: Mr. Smith was in town on Saturday with his hired man, and the two tell a singular story about a lightning stroke.
He later regretted the bomb, and left for Princeton Inst. of Advanced Studies.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2018
Inst. 2,250 Librarian 1,500 3 R. R. Commissioners 2,000 to 3,500 Chief Justice 3,000 2 Asso.
From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by John B. Alden
Calif, public schools and Mass. Inst. of Technology.
From The California Birthday Book by Various
There is a curious passage with regard to the suppression of monasteries to be found in Coke's Institutes, 4th Inst. chap. i. p.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary by David Hume
Inst., xxxv. 236-7; Boyd-Dawkins, Early Man in Britain, cap. vii. viii. and ix.;
From Folklore as an Historical Science by George Laurence Gomme
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