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

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

Incindental :: Incindental (a.) Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses..

Prime :: Prime (a.) To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall..

Primevous :: Primevous (a.) Primeval.

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

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..

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

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

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

Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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