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

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

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

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..

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

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

Declination :: Declination (n.) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south..

Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.

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

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

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..

Prime :: Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.

Primevous :: Primevous (a.) Primeval.

Primely :: Primely (adv.) At first; primarily.

Recapper :: Recapper (n.) A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it.

Efficient :: Efficient (n.) An efficient cause; a prime mover.

Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.

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

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

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

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