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In a prime manner; excellently.
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Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man.
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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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A kind of type, of which there are two species; one, called long primer, intermediate in size between bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other, called great primer, larger than pica.
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One who, or that which, primes
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In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.
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A prime number. See under Prime, a.
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First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister.
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To mark with a prime mark.
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Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
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The quality or state of being prime, or excellent.
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To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief.
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Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant.
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A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction.
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To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
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First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth.
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First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
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In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.
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Primeval.
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