Definition of prime

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Prime (a.) To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall..

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Load :: Load (v.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
Efficient :: Efficient (n.) An efficient cause; a prime mover.
Primer :: Primer (a.) First; original; primary.
English :: English (n.) A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type..
Unessential :: Unessential (a.) Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant.
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister..
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..
Passee :: Passee (a.) Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passee belle..
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
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..
Primero :: Primero (n.) A game at cards, now unknown..
Prime :: Prime (#) Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donn.
Prime :: Prime (a.) Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
Prime :: Prime (a.) To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge..
Primeness :: Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being prime, or excellent..
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.
Primely :: Primely (adv.) In a prime manner; excellently.
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..
Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) The art of printing.
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