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Bourgeois :: Bourgeois (n.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.

Prime :: Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister..

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..

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

Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A printing establishment.

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

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

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

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

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

English :: English (n.) A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type..

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

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

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

Ogygian :: Ogygian (a.) Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a mythical king of ancient Attica, or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence, primeval; of obscure antiquity..

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

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 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..

Principal :: Principal (n.) A thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous.

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

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