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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Prime :: Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) The art of printing.
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..
Primero :: Primero (n.) A game at cards, now unknown..
Prime :: Prime (n.) The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection..
Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) A small volume containing the daily service for the little hours, viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline..
Prime :: Prime (a.) An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1..
Primeness :: Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being first.
Absey-book :: Absey-book (n.) An A-B-C book; a primer.
Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A print; impression.
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..
Prime :: Prime (a.) Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
Deflour :: Deflour (v. t.) To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.
Primeness :: Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being prime, or excellent..
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..
Abecedary :: Abecedary (n.) A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.
Pride :: Pride (n.) Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life..
Principal :: Principal (n.) A thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous.
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..
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.
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