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

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

Motor :: Motor (n.) A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work..

Prime :: Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.

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

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

Prime :: Prime (a.) The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds..

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..

Ogygian :: Ogygian (a.) Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a mythical king of ancient Attica, or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence, primeval; of obscure antiquity..

Premier :: Premier (n.) The first minister of state; the prime minister.

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..

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

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

Load :: Load (v.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.

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

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

Absey-book :: Absey-book (n.) An A-B-C book; a primer.

Primacy :: Primacy (a.) The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy..

Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A print; impression.

Primer :: Primer (n.) an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder..

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