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Prime :: Prime (a.) To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief..

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..

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

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

Abecedary :: Abecedary (n.) A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.

Prime :: Prime (a.) To trim or prune, as trees..

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

Depriment :: Depriment (a.) Serving to depress.

Prime :: Prime (a.) Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.

Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.

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

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..

Prime :: Prime (a.) To mark with a prime mark.

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

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

Pride :: Pride (n.) Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life..

Mazarine :: Mazarine (a.) Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of France, 1643-1661..

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

Long Primer :: Long primer () A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois..

Primevous :: Primevous (a.) Primeval.

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