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Pan :: Pan (n.) The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.

Inch :: Inch (n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic..

Secondary :: Secondary (a.) Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary..

Primacy :: Primacy (a.) The office, rank, or character of a primate; the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church; the office or dignity of an archbishop; as, the primacy of England..

Palsywort :: Palsywort (n.) The cowslip (Primula veris); -- so called from its supposed remedial powers.

Unessential :: Unessential (a.) Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant.

Primogenitive :: Primogenitive (n.) Primogeniture.

Paigle :: Paigle (n.) A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose..

Neurula :: Neurula (n.) An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.

Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To be renewed, or as at first..

Primary :: Primary (n.) That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter..

Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.

Oxlip :: Oxlip (n.) The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior)..

Proembryo :: Proembryo (n.) The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses..

Xerophagy :: Xerophagy (n.) Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts..

Absey-book :: Absey-book (n.) An A-B-C book; a primer.

Disgust :: Disgust (v. t.) Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust..

Prim :: Prim (v. i.) To dress or act smartly.

Primates :: Primates (n. pl.) The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci..

Principle :: Principle (n.) A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause..

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