Definition of prime

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

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Primeness :: Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being prime, or excellent..
Gastraea :: Gastraea (n.) A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastraea theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula..
Primed :: Primed (imp. & p. p.) of Prim.
Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A print; impression.
Bourgeois :: Bourgeois (n.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.
Primely :: Primely (adv.) In a prime manner; excellently.
Prime :: Prime (a.) The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds..
Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
Tube :: Tube (n.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction..
Primero :: Primero (n.) A game at cards, now unknown..
Prime :: Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
Pristine :: Pristine (a.) Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pristine vigor..
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
Primer :: Primer (a.) First; original; primary.
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..
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..
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..
Unessential :: Unessential (a.) Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant.
Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.
Recapper :: Recapper (n.) A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it.
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