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Prime
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The first of the chief guards.
Prime
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Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
Prime
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A prime number. See under Prime, a.
Prime
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An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1.
Primed
imp. & p. p.
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of Prime
Priming
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Prime
Prime
a.
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To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
Prime
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To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.
Prime
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To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief.
Prime
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To trim or prune, as trees.
Prime
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To mark with a prime mark.
Prime
v. i.
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To be renewed, or as at first.
Prime
v. i.
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To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
Prime
v. i.
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To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed; -- said of a steam boiler.
Primely
adv.
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At first; primarily.
Primely
adv.
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In a prime manner; excellently.
Primeness
n.
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The quality or state of being first.
Primeness
n.
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The quality or state of being prime, or excellent.
Primer
n.
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One who, or that which, primes
Primer
n.
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an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder.
Primer
a.
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First; original; primary.
Primer
n.
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Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction.
Primer
n.
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A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.
Primer
n.
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A kind of type, of which there are two species; one, called long primer, intermediate in size between bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other, called great primer, larger than pica.
Primero
n.
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A game at cards, now unknown.
Primerole
n.
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See Primrose.
Primeval
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Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man.
Primevally
adv.
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In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.
Primevous
a.
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Primeval.
Primigenial
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First born, or first of all; original; primary. See Primogenial.