Wy or Gwy (W.), 'water;' as the Wye; used as affix to many streams, as Conway, Medway.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS,
TOGETHER WITH SIGNS AND SYMBOLS USED IN
MEDICINE AND MUSIC.
A. Amateur; Academician.
a. Accepted; acre; active; afternoon; annus, year; ante, before.
ā or āā, in prescriptions, of each a like quantity.
a. or ans. Answer.
A1. First-class (of ships).
A.A.C., anno ante Christum=In the year before Christ.