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

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..

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..

Prime :: Prime (a.) An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1..

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

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..

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

Primely :: Primely (adv.) In a prime manner; excellently.

Prime :: Prime (a.) To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge..

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

Primacy :: Primacy (a.) The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy..

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

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

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

Prime :: Prime (a.) Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.

Prime :: Prime (a.) To mark with a prime mark.

Primeness :: Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being first.

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

Primy :: Primy (a.) Being in its prime.

Primer :: Primer (n.) Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction..

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