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ABBREVIATION - MEANING

AAP - AT A POINT
ABV - ABOVE
ABTG - ABUTTING
AC - ACRES
ADD - ADDITION
ADJ - ADJACENT
ADJG - ADJOINING
AGRMNT - AGREEMENT
AKA - ALSO KNOWN AS
ALG - ALONG
ANG - ANGLE
APPROX - APPROXIMATELY
APPX - APPROXIMATE/LY
ASSRS - ASSESSORS
AVE - AVENUE

BK - BANK
BCH - BEACH
BAAP - BEGINNING AT A POINT
BAT - BEGINNING AT THE
BDR - BORDER
BDY - BOUNDARY
BEAR - BEARING
BEC - BECOME
BEG - BEGINNING
BLK - BLOCK
BN or BNRR - BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD
BNDD - BOUNDED
BNSF - BURLINGTON NORTHERN/SANTE FE RAILROAD
BRDY - BROADWAY
BTW - BETWEEN

C/A - CENTRAL ANGLE
CAAP - COMMENCE AT A POINT
CAT - COMMENCE AT THE
CH - CHAINS
C/L - CENTERLINE
CMSP/RR - CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL R.R.
COM - COMMENCE OR COMMENCING
COMM - COMMUNITY
CONS - COSUMING
CONT - CONTAIN, CONTAINING, CONTINUE, CONTINUING,. CONTINUED
CONVYD - CONVEY, CONVEYED
CO - COUNTY, COMPANY
COR - CORNER
CR - CREEK
CRSE - COURSE
CRV - CURVE
CTR - CENTER

DAF - DEFINED AS FOLLOWS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS
DED - DEDICATION
DESC - DESCRIBE, DESCRIPTION
DESIG - DESIGNATED
DIAM - DIAMETER
DIR - DIRECTION
DIST - DISTANCE, DISTANT
DK - DIKE
DR - DRAIN
DRWN - DRAWN

E - EAST
EMB - EMBRACED
ESE - EASEMENT
ELY - EASTERLY
EQ - EQUAL
EQDIST - EQUIDISTANT
EST - ESTABLISHED
EXC - EXCEPT, EXCEPTED
EXST - EXISTING
EXT - EXTEND, EXTENDED

FDL - FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LINE
FDP - FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY
FDT - FOLLOWING DESCRIBED TRACT
FK - FORK
FOL - FOLLOW, FOLLOWS
FOLG - FOLLOWING
FR - FROM
FRTGE - FRONTAGE
FT - FOOT, FEET

GN/RR - GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
GOVT - GOVERNMENT

HAV - HAVE
HAVG - HAVING
HGTS - HEIGHTS
HWY - HIGHWAY

INC - INCLUDE, INCLUDING
INT - INTEREST, INTERSECTION, INTERSECTING

JCTN - JUNCTION

L - LEFT
L/A - LEFT ANGLE
LIN - LINEAL
LK - LAKE
LN - LINE
LOC - LOCATE, LOCATED
LT - GOVERNMENT LOT
LT 1 - LOT1
LY - LYING

MEA - MEANDERING
MEAS - MEASURE
MC - MEANDER CORNER
MGN - MARGIN
M/L - MORE OR LESS
MON - MONUMENT
MT - MOUNTAIN

N - NORTH
NE - NORTHEAST
NELY - NORTHEASTERLY
NW - NORTHWEST
NWLY - NORTHWESTERLY
NLY - NORTHERLY
NP/RR - NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY

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ORIG - ORIGINAL

PAR - PARCEL
PERP - PERPENDICULAR
PG - PAGE
PK - PARK
PLL - PARALLEL
PLT - PARALLEL TO
PLW - PARALLEL WITH
PC - POINT OF CURATURE
POB - POINT OF BEGINNING
PR - PRIMARY
PRIV - PRIVATE
PRCD - PRODUCED
PROLNG - PROLONGATION
PROP - PROPORTIONATE
PSH 1 - PRIMARY STATE HIGHWAY 1
PSH 5 - PRIMARY STATE HIGHWAY 5
PRTY - PROPERTY
PT - POINT, PART
PTN - PORTION

R - RIGHT
R/A - RIGHT ANGLE
RAD - RADIUS
RD - ROAD
RDWY - ROADWAY
REC - RECORD, RECORDED
REF - REFERRED
RES - RESERVES
RESD - RESERVED
RETRA - RETRACING
REV - REVISED
RIV - RIVER
RPLT - REPLAT
RR - RAILROAD
RR R/W - RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY
RT - ROLL TRACT
RUN - RUNNING
R/W - RIGHT OF WAY

S - SOUTH
SLY - SOUTHERLY
SE - SOUTHEAST
SELY - SOUTHEASTERLY
SW - SOUTHWEST
SWLY - SOUTHWESTERLY
SC - SUPERIOR COURT
SCL - SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
SCTL - SECOND CLASS TIDELANDS
SD - SAID
SEC - SECTION
SEC - SEGREGATION
SHR - SHORE
SHRLDS - SHORELANDS
SHRLN - SHORELINE
S/HY - STATE HIGHWAY
ST - STREET, STATE
STILL - STILLAGUAMISH
STKE - STAKE
STRT - STRAIGHT
SUB - SUBDIVISION
SUBJ - SUBJECT
SURV - SURVEY

TANG - TANGENT
TAP - TO A POINT
TBP - TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING
TDLNDS - TIDELANDS
TGW - TOGETHER WITH
TH - THENCE, THAT
THOF - THEREOF
THON - THEREON
THR - THERE
THRFR - THEREFROM
THRU - THROUGH
THRTO - THERETO
TOG - TOGETHER
TR - TRACT
TRS - TRACTS
TWP - TOWNSHIP

UND - UNDIVIDED

VAC - VACATED
VAR - VARIANCE
VOL - VOLUME

W - WEST
WLY - WESTERLY
WF - WATERFRONT
WH - WHERE, WHICH
WHN - WITHIN