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

Primely :: Primely (adv.) At first; primarily.

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

Pristine :: Pristine (a.) Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pristine vigor..

Advance :: Advance (v.) An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods..

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.

Primero :: Primero (n.) A game at cards, now unknown..

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

Prime :: Prime (a.) To trim or prune, as trees..

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

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

Prime :: Prime (#) Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donn.

Prime :: Prime (a.) A prime number. See under Prime, a..

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

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

Inch :: Inch (n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic..

Primed :: Primed (imp. & p. p.) of Prim.

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

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

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

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