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Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) A small volume containing the daily service for the little hours, viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline..

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

Primer :: Primer (n.) A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.

Primrose :: Primrose (a.) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole, primerolles..

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

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.) To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge..

Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.

Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To be renewed, or as at first..

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

Reprimer :: Reprimer (n.) A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again..

Primevous :: Primevous (a.) Primeval.

Recapper :: Recapper (n.) A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it.

Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed; -- said of a steam boiler..

Tube :: Tube (n.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction..

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