Definition of primer

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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..

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Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A print; impression.
Absey-book :: Absey-book (n.) An A-B-C book; a primer.
Primer :: Primer (n.) One who, or that which, primes.
Paragon :: Paragon (n.) A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under Type.
Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) The art of printing.
English :: English (n.) A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type..
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..
A B C :: A B C () A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.
Primer :: Primer (n.) A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.
Tube :: Tube (n.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction..
Abecedary :: Abecedary (n.) A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.
Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.
Primero :: Primero (n.) A game at cards, now unknown..
Bourgeois :: Bourgeois (n.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.
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..
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..
Prime :: Prime (a.) To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge..
Primer :: Primer (a.) First; original; primary.
Reprimer :: Reprimer (n.) A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again..
Long Primer :: Long primer () A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois..
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