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

Primeval :: Primeval (a.) Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man..

Prime :: Prime (a.) A prime number. See under Prime, a..

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..

Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.

Prime :: Prime (a.) Early; blooming; being in the first stage.

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

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

Primero :: Primero (n.) A game at cards, now unknown..

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

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..

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..

Gastraea :: Gastraea (n.) A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastraea theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula..

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..

Primed :: Primed (imp. & p. p.) of Prim.

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

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

Prime :: Prime (a.) To trim or prune, as trees..

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

Primitive :: Primitive (a.) Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church..

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