Definition of prime

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

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Prime :: Prime (a.) First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth..
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..
Load :: Load (v.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
Depriment :: Depriment (a.) Serving to depress.
Prime :: Prime (a.) To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge..
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister..
Prime :: Prime (#) Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donn.
Primero :: Primero (n.) A game at cards, now unknown..
Prime :: Prime (a.) An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1..
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..
Passee :: Passee (a.) Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passee belle..
Prime :: Prime (n.) That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.
Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) A small volume containing the daily service for the little hours, viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline..
Prime :: Prime (a.) To mark with a prime mark.
Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) The art of printing.
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..
Primy :: Primy (a.) Being in its prime.
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..
A B C :: A B C () A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.
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