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

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

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

Paragon :: Paragon (n.) A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under Type.

A B C :: A B C () A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.

Abecedary :: Abecedary (n.) A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.

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

Long Primer :: Long primer () A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois..

Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A print; impression.

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

Prime :: Prime (n.) The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring..

Prime :: Prime (a.) The first of the chief guards.

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

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..

Passee :: Passee (a.) Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passee belle..

Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.

Motor :: Motor (n.) A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work..

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

Prime :: Prime (a.) The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds..

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

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