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Primer :: Primer (n.) an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder..

Hornbook :: Hornbook (n.) The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer..

Depriment :: Depriment (a.) Serving to depress.

Primely :: Primely (adv.) At first; primarily.

Primevally :: Primevally (adv.) In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.

Tube :: Tube (n.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction..

Primrose :: Primrose (a.) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole, primerolles..

Primer :: Primer (n.) One who, or that which, primes.

Primer :: Primer (n.) 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..

Prime :: Prime (n.) That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.

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

Primevous :: Primevous (a.) Primeval.

Primeness :: Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being prime, or excellent..

Prime :: Prime (a.) First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth..

Recapper :: Recapper (n.) A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it.

Primer :: Primer (n.) A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.

Pride :: Pride (n.) Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life..

Prime :: Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.

Horse Power :: Horse power () A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per second

Efficient :: Efficient (n.) An efficient cause; a prime mover.

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