Definition of prime

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Prime (a.) To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall..

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Deflour :: Deflour (v. t.) To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.
Primeval :: Primeval (a.) Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man..
Primeness :: Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being prime, or excellent..
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.
Prime :: Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
Bourgeois :: Bourgeois (n.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.
Primitive :: Primitive (a.) Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church..
Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To be renewed, or as at first..
Abecedary :: Abecedary (n.) A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.
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..
Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) The art of printing.
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
Primerole :: Primerole (n.) See Primrose.
Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A print; impression.
Prime :: Prime (a.) Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister..
Prime :: Prime (n.) The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection..
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..
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