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Prime :: Prime (a.) The first of the chief guards.

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

Primevous :: Primevous (a.) Primeval.

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..

Efficient :: Efficient (n.) An efficient cause; a prime mover.

Incindental :: Incindental (a.) Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses..

Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A printing establishment.

Declination :: Declination (n.) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south..

Long Primer :: Long primer () A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois..

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..

Prime :: Prime (a.) Early; blooming; being in the first stage.

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

Prime :: Prime (n.) That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.

Tube :: Tube (n.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction..

Second :: Second (a.) In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8..

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..

Pride :: Pride (n.) Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life..

Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.

Prime :: Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister..

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