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

Prime :: Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister..

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

Long Primer :: Long primer () A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois..

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

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

Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.

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

Primevally :: Primevally (adv.) In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.

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

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

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

Second :: Second (a.) In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8..

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

Prime :: Prime (a.) To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief..

Primrose :: Primrose (a.) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole, primerolles..

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

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

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

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..

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