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Prime :: Prime (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.

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

Primer :: Primer (n.) Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction..

Prime :: Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.

Colorist :: Colorist (n.) One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.

Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.

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.

Prime :: Prime (a.) First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth..

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

Deflour :: Deflour (v. t.) To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.

Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A print; impression.

Hydraulics :: Hydraulics (n.) That branch of science, or of engineering, which treats of fluids in motion, especially of water, its action in rivers and canals, the works and machinery for conducting or raising it, its use as a prime mover, and the like..

Primy :: Primy (a.) Being in its prime.

Horse Power :: Horse power () A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per second

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

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

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..

Principal :: Principal (n.) A thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous.

Paragon :: Paragon (n.) A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under Type.

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

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