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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

Primer :: Primer (n.) One who, or that which, primes.

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

Mazarine :: Mazarine (a.) Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of France, 1643-1661..

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

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

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

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

Depriment :: Depriment (a.) Serving to depress.

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..

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..

Primevous :: Primevous (a.) Primeval.

Bourgeois :: Bourgeois (n.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.

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..

A B C :: A B C () A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.

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

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

Primeness :: Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being prime, or excellent..

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

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