Definition of prime

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Prime (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.

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Prime :: Prime (a.) To mark with a prime mark.
Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To be renewed, or as at first..
Primely :: Primely (adv.) In a prime manner; excellently.
Hydraulics :: Hydraulics (n.) That branch of science, or of engineering, which treats of fluids in motion, especially of water, its action in rivers and canals, the works and machinery for conducting or raising it, its use as a prime mover, and the like..
English :: English (n.) A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type..
Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.
Mazarine :: Mazarine (a.) Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of France, 1643-1661..
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..
Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
Paragon :: Paragon (n.) A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under Type.
Prime :: Prime (a.) To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall..
Deflour :: Deflour (v. t.) To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.
Bourgeois :: Bourgeois (n.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.
Prime :: Prime (a.) Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
Absey-book :: Absey-book (n.) An A-B-C book; a primer.
Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A printing establishment.
Primero :: Primero (n.) A game at cards, now unknown..
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..
Declination :: Declination (n.) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south..
Primevous :: Primevous (a.) Primeval.
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