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

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

Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) The art of printing.

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

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

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

Advance :: Advance (v.) An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods..

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

Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A print; impression.

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

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

Pride :: Pride (n.) Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life..

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..

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

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

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

Primeness :: Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being prime, or excellent..

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

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

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