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

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..

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

Primer :: Primer (a.) First; original; primary.

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

Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) A small volume containing the daily service for the little hours, viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline..

Mazarine :: Mazarine (a.) Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of France, 1643-1661..

Premier :: Premier (n.) The first minister of state; the prime minister.

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..

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

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

Load :: Load (v.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.

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..

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

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

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

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

Colorist :: Colorist (n.) One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.

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

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