Definition of prime

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

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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..
A B C :: A B C () A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.
Primevous :: Primevous (a.) Primeval.
Primeness :: Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being prime, or excellent..
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..
Prime :: Prime (a.) Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
Prime :: Prime (a.) To trim or prune, as trees..
Primer :: Primer (a.) First; original; primary.
English :: English (n.) A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type..
Primer :: Primer (n.) One who, or that which, primes.
Colorist :: Colorist (n.) One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.
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..
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..
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
Primeval :: Primeval (a.) Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man..
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..
Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.
Advance :: Advance (v.) An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods..
Prime :: Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
Primely :: Primely (adv.) In a prime manner; excellently.
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