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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..

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

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

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..

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

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

Primeval :: Primeval (a.) Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man..

Hornbook :: Hornbook (n.) The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer..

Prime :: Prime (a.) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.

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

Prime :: Prime (a.) Early; blooming; being in the first stage.

Prime :: Prime (a.) A prime number. See under Prime, a..

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

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..

Motor :: Motor (n.) A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work..

Prime :: Prime (#) Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donn.

Deflour :: Deflour (v. t.) To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.

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..

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

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

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