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primer (encz) | primer,základní učebnice n: Paulus |
Primer (gcide) | Primer \Prim"er\, n. [Originally, the book read at prime, the
first canonical hour. LL. primae liber. See Prime, n., 4.]
1. Originally, a small prayer book for church service,
containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a
work of elementary religious instruction.
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The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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2. A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a
reading or spelling book for a beginner.
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As he sat in the school at his prymer. --Chaucer.
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3. (Print.) 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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Note: Great primer type.
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Primer (gcide) | Primer \Prim"er\, n.
One who, or that which, primes; specifically, 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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Primer (gcide) | Primer \Prim"er\, a. [OF. primer, primier, premier, F. premier.
See Premier.]
First; original; primary. [Obs.] "The primer English kings."
--Drayton.
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Primer fine (O. Eng. Law), a fine due to the king on the
writ or commencement of a suit by fine. --Blackstone.
Primer seizin (Feudal Law), the right of the king, when a
tenant in capite died seized of a knight's fee, to receive
of the heir, if of full age, one year's profits of the
land if in possession, and half a year's profits if the
land was in reversion expectant on an estate for life; --
now abolished. --Blackstone.
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primer (wn) | primer
n 1: an introductory textbook
2: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a
propellant [syn: fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer,
priming]
3: the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a
surface [syn: flat coat, ground, primer, priming,
primer coat, priming coat, undercoat] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
primerane (msas) | primerane
- appropriately, reasonably |
primeranosť (msas) | primeranosť
- adequateness |
primeraný (msas) | primeraný
- adequate, appropriate, reasonable, sufficient |
primerane (msasasci) | primerane
- appropriately, reasonably |
primeranost (msasasci) | primeranost
- adequateness |
primerany (msasasci) | primerany
- adequate, appropriate, reasonable, sufficient |
primer coat (encz) | primer coat, n: |
Detonating primer (gcide) | Detonating \Det"o*na`ting\, a. & n.
from Detonate.
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Detonating gas, a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with
one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report
upon ignition.
Detonating powder, any powder or solid substance, as
fulminate of mercury, which when struck, explodes with
violence and a loud report.
Detonating primer, a primer exploded by a fuse; -- used to
explode gun cotton in blasting operations.
Detonating tube, a strong tube of glass, usually graduated,
closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing
through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting,
for the purpose of exploding gaseous mixtures by an
electric spark, as in gas analysis, etc.
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Friction primer (gcide) | Friction \Fric"tion\, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to
rub: cf. F. friction. See Fray to rub, arid cf.
Dentifrice.]
1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of
another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the
body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to
excite the skin to healthy action.
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2. (Mech.) The resistance which a body meets with from the
surface on which it moves. It may be resistance to sliding
motion, or to rolling motion.
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3. A clashing between two persons or parties in opinions or
work; a disagreement tending to prevent or retard
progress.
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Angle of friction (Mech.), the angle which a plane onwhich
a body is lying makes with a horizontal plane,when the
hody is just ready to slide dewn the plane.
Note: This angle varies for different bodies, and for planes
of different materials.
Anti-friction wheels (Mach.), wheels turning freely on
small pivots, and sustaining, at the angle formed by their
circumferences, the pivot or journal of a revolving shaft,
to relieve it of friction; -- called also {friction
wheels}.
Friction balls, or
Friction rollers, balls or rollers placed so as to receive
the pressure or weight of bodies in motion, and relieve
friction, as in the hub of a bicycle wheel.
Friction brake (Mach.), a form of dynamometer for measuring
the power a motor exerts. A clamp around the revolving
shaft or fly wheel of the motor resists the motion by its
friction, the work thus absorbed being ascertained by
observing the force required to keep the clamp from
revolving with the shaft; a Prony brake.
Friction chocks, brakes attached to the common standing
garrison carriages of guns, so as to raise the trucks or
wheels off the platform when the gun begins to recoil, and
prevent its running back. --Earrow.
Friction clutch, Friction coupling, an engaging and
disengaging gear for revolving shafts, pulleys, etc.,
acting by friction; esp.:
(a) A device in which a piece on one shaft or pulley is so
forcibly pressed against a piece on another shaft that
the two will revolve together; as, in the
illustration, the cone a on one shaft, when thrust
forcibly into the corresponding hollow cone b on the
other shaft, compels the shafts to rotate together, by
the hold the friction of the conical surfaces gives.
(b) A toothed clutch, one member of which, instead of
being made fast on its shaft, is held by friction and
can turn, by slipping, under excessive strain or in
starting.
Friction drop hammer, one in which the hammer is raised for
striking by the friction of revolving rollers which nip
the hammer rod.
Friction gear. See Frictional gearing, under
Frictional.
Friction machine, an electrical machine, generating
electricity by friction.
Friction meter, an instrument for measuring friction, as in
testing lubricants.
Friction powder, Friction composition, a composition of
chlorate of potassium, antimony, sulphide, etc, which
readily ignites by friction.
Friction primer, Friction tube, a tube used for firing
cannon by means of the friction of a roughened wire in the
friction powder or composition with which the tube is
filled.
Friction wheel (Mach.), one of the wheels in frictional
gearing. See under Frictional.
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Great primer (gcide) | Great \Great\ (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. Greater; superl.
Greatest.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre['a]t; akin to OS. &
LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. Groat
the coin.]
1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;
expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great
house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
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2. Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude,
series, etc.
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3. Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time;
as, a great while; a great interval.
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4. Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts,
actions, and feelings.
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5. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able
to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty;
noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher,
etc.
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6. Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent;
distinguished; foremost; principal; as, great men; the
great seal; the great marshal, etc.
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He doth object I am too great of birth. --Shak.
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7. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as,
a great argument, truth, or principle.
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8. Pregnant; big (with young).
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The ewes great with young. --Ps. lxxviii.
71.
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9. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree;
as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
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We have all
Great cause to give great thanks. --Shak.
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10. (Genealogy) Older, younger, or more remote, by single
generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one
degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as,
great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's
father), great-grandson, etc.
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Great bear (Astron.), the constellation Ursa Major.
Great cattle (Law), all manner of cattle except sheep and
yearlings. --Wharton.
Great charter (Eng. Hist.), Magna Charta.
Great circle of a sphere, a circle the plane of which
passes through the center of the sphere.
Great circle sailing, the process or art of conducting a
ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc
between two places.
Great go, the final examination for a degree at the
University of Oxford, England; -- called also greats.
--T. Hughes.
Great guns. (Naut.) See under Gun.
The Great Lakes the large fresh-water lakes (Lakes
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on
the northern borders of the United States.
Great master. Same as Grand master, under Grand.
Great organ (Mus.), the largest and loudest of the three
parts of a grand organ (the others being the choir organ
and the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot
keys), It is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has
the middle position.
The great powers (of Europe), in modern diplomacy, Great
Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy.
Great primer. See under Type.
Great scale (Mus.), the complete scale; -- employed to
designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest
to highest.
Great sea, the Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black
and the Mediterranean seas are so called.
Great seal.
(a) The principal seal of a kingdom or state.
(b) In Great Britain, the lord chancellor (who is
custodian of this seal); also, his office.
Great tithes. See under Tithes.
The great, the eminent, distinguished, or powerful.
The Great Spirit, among the North American Indians, their
chief or principal deity.
To be great (with one), to be intimate or familiar (with
him). --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]Primer \Prim"er\, n. [Originally, the book read at prime, the
first canonical hour. LL. primae liber. See Prime, n., 4.]
1. Originally, a small prayer book for church service,
containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a
work of elementary religious instruction.
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The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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2. A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a
reading or spelling book for a beginner.
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As he sat in the school at his prymer. --Chaucer.
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3. (Print.) 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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Note: Great primer type.
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great primer (gcide) | Great \Great\ (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. Greater; superl.
Greatest.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre['a]t; akin to OS. &
LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. Groat
the coin.]
1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;
expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great
house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
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2. Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude,
series, etc.
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3. Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time;
as, a great while; a great interval.
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4. Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts,
actions, and feelings.
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5. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able
to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty;
noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher,
etc.
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6. Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent;
distinguished; foremost; principal; as, great men; the
great seal; the great marshal, etc.
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He doth object I am too great of birth. --Shak.
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7. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as,
a great argument, truth, or principle.
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8. Pregnant; big (with young).
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The ewes great with young. --Ps. lxxviii.
71.
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9. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree;
as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
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We have all
Great cause to give great thanks. --Shak.
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10. (Genealogy) Older, younger, or more remote, by single
generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one
degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as,
great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's
father), great-grandson, etc.
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Great bear (Astron.), the constellation Ursa Major.
Great cattle (Law), all manner of cattle except sheep and
yearlings. --Wharton.
Great charter (Eng. Hist.), Magna Charta.
Great circle of a sphere, a circle the plane of which
passes through the center of the sphere.
Great circle sailing, the process or art of conducting a
ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc
between two places.
Great go, the final examination for a degree at the
University of Oxford, England; -- called also greats.
--T. Hughes.
Great guns. (Naut.) See under Gun.
The Great Lakes the large fresh-water lakes (Lakes
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on
the northern borders of the United States.
Great master. Same as Grand master, under Grand.
Great organ (Mus.), the largest and loudest of the three
parts of a grand organ (the others being the choir organ
and the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot
keys), It is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has
the middle position.
The great powers (of Europe), in modern diplomacy, Great
Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy.
Great primer. See under Type.
Great scale (Mus.), the complete scale; -- employed to
designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest
to highest.
Great sea, the Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black
and the Mediterranean seas are so called.
Great seal.
(a) The principal seal of a kingdom or state.
(b) In Great Britain, the lord chancellor (who is
custodian of this seal); also, his office.
Great tithes. See under Tithes.
The great, the eminent, distinguished, or powerful.
The Great Spirit, among the North American Indians, their
chief or principal deity.
To be great (with one), to be intimate or familiar (with
him). --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]Primer \Prim"er\, n. [Originally, the book read at prime, the
first canonical hour. LL. primae liber. See Prime, n., 4.]
1. Originally, a small prayer book for church service,
containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a
work of elementary religious instruction.
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The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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2. A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a
reading or spelling book for a beginner.
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As he sat in the school at his prymer. --Chaucer.
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3. (Print.) 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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Note: Great primer type.
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Imprimery (gcide) | Imprimery \Im*prim"er*y\, n. [F. imprimerie, fr. imprimer to
imprint.] [Obs.]
(a) A print; impression.
(b) A printing establishment.
(c) The art of printing.
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Long primer (gcide) | Long primer \Long" prim"er\n. (Print.)
A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois.
[1913 Webster]Primer \Prim"er\, n. [Originally, the book read at prime, the
first canonical hour. LL. primae liber. See Prime, n., 4.]
1. Originally, a small prayer book for church service,
containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a
work of elementary religious instruction.
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The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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2. A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a
reading or spelling book for a beginner.
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As he sat in the school at his prymer. --Chaucer.
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3. (Print.) 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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Note: Great primer type.
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long primer (gcide) | Long primer \Long" prim"er\n. (Print.)
A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois.
[1913 Webster]Primer \Prim"er\, n. [Originally, the book read at prime, the
first canonical hour. LL. primae liber. See Prime, n., 4.]
1. Originally, a small prayer book for church service,
containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a
work of elementary religious instruction.
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The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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2. A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a
reading or spelling book for a beginner.
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As he sat in the school at his prymer. --Chaucer.
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3. (Print.) 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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Note: Great primer type.
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Primer (gcide) | Primer \Prim"er\, n. [Originally, the book read at prime, the
first canonical hour. LL. primae liber. See Prime, n., 4.]
1. Originally, a small prayer book for church service,
containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a
work of elementary religious instruction.
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The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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2. A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a
reading or spelling book for a beginner.
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As he sat in the school at his prymer. --Chaucer.
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3. (Print.) 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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Note: Great primer type.
[1913 Webster]Primer \Prim"er\, n.
One who, or that which, primes; specifically, an instrument
or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing
percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of
gunpowder.
[1913 Webster]Primer \Prim"er\, a. [OF. primer, primier, premier, F. premier.
See Premier.]
First; original; primary. [Obs.] "The primer English kings."
--Drayton.
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Primer fine (O. Eng. Law), a fine due to the king on the
writ or commencement of a suit by fine. --Blackstone.
Primer seizin (Feudal Law), the right of the king, when a
tenant in capite died seized of a knight's fee, to receive
of the heir, if of full age, one year's profits of the
land if in possession, and half a year's profits if the
land was in reversion expectant on an estate for life; --
now abolished. --Blackstone.
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Primer fine (gcide) | Primer \Prim"er\, a. [OF. primer, primier, premier, F. premier.
See Premier.]
First; original; primary. [Obs.] "The primer English kings."
--Drayton.
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Primer fine (O. Eng. Law), a fine due to the king on the
writ or commencement of a suit by fine. --Blackstone.
Primer seizin (Feudal Law), the right of the king, when a
tenant in capite died seized of a knight's fee, to receive
of the heir, if of full age, one year's profits of the
land if in possession, and half a year's profits if the
land was in reversion expectant on an estate for life; --
now abolished. --Blackstone.
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Primer seizin (gcide) | Primer \Prim"er\, a. [OF. primer, primier, premier, F. premier.
See Premier.]
First; original; primary. [Obs.] "The primer English kings."
--Drayton.
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Primer fine (O. Eng. Law), a fine due to the king on the
writ or commencement of a suit by fine. --Blackstone.
Primer seizin (Feudal Law), the right of the king, when a
tenant in capite died seized of a knight's fee, to receive
of the heir, if of full age, one year's profits of the
land if in possession, and half a year's profits if the
land was in reversion expectant on an estate for life; --
now abolished. --Blackstone.
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Primero (gcide) | Primero \Pri*me"ro\, n. [Sp. primera, fr. primero first, from L.
primarius. See Premier.]
A game at cards, now unknown. --Shak.
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Primerole (gcide) | Primerole \Prim"er*ole\, n. (Bot.)
See Primrose. [Obs.] "She was a primerole." --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Primrose \Prim"rose`\, n. [OE. primerole, F. primerole, a
derivative fr. LL. primula, from L. primus first. See
Prime, a.] (Bot.)
(a) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula ({Primula
vulgaris}) closely allied to the cowslip. There are
several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the
yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole,
primerolles.
(b) Any plant of the genus Primula.
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Evening primrose, an erect biennial herb ({Enothera
biennis}), with yellow vespertine flowers, common in the
United States. The name is sometimes extended to other
species of the same genus.
Primrose peerless, the two-flowered Narcissus ({Narcissus
biflorus}). [Obs.]
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primerole (gcide) | Primerole \Prim"er*ole\, n. (Bot.)
See Primrose. [Obs.] "She was a primerole." --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Primrose \Prim"rose`\, n. [OE. primerole, F. primerole, a
derivative fr. LL. primula, from L. primus first. See
Prime, a.] (Bot.)
(a) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula ({Primula
vulgaris}) closely allied to the cowslip. There are
several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the
yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole,
primerolles.
(b) Any plant of the genus Primula.
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Evening primrose, an erect biennial herb ({Enothera
biennis}), with yellow vespertine flowers, common in the
United States. The name is sometimes extended to other
species of the same genus.
Primrose peerless, the two-flowered Narcissus ({Narcissus
biflorus}). [Obs.]
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primerolles (gcide) | Primrose \Prim"rose`\, n. [OE. primerole, F. primerole, a
derivative fr. LL. primula, from L. primus first. See
Prime, a.] (Bot.)
(a) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula ({Primula
vulgaris}) closely allied to the cowslip. There are
several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the
yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole,
primerolles.
(b) Any plant of the genus Primula.
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Evening primrose, an erect biennial herb ({Enothera
biennis}), with yellow vespertine flowers, common in the
United States. The name is sometimes extended to other
species of the same genus.
Primrose peerless, the two-flowered Narcissus ({Narcissus
biflorus}). [Obs.]
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Reprimer (gcide) | Reprimer \Re*prim"er\ (r?-pr?m"?r), n. (Firearms)
A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent
cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again.
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primer coat (wn) | primer coat
n 1: the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a
surface [syn: flat coat, ground, primer, priming,
primer coat, priming coat, undercoat] |
IMPRIMER (bouvier) | IMPRIMERY. In some of the ancient English statutes this word is used to
signify a printing-office, the art of printing, a print or impression.
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PRIMER ELECTION (bouvier) | PRIMER ELECTION. A term used to signify first choice.
2. In England, when coparcenary lands are divided, unless it is
otherwise agreed, the eldest sister has the first choice of the purparts;
this part is called the enitia pars. (q.v.) Sometimes the oldest sister
makes the partition, and in that case, to prevent partiality, she takes the
last choice. Hob. 107; Litt. Sec. 243, 244, 245; Bac. Ab. Coparceners, C.
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PRIMER SEISIN (bouvier) | PRIMER SEISIN, Eng. law. The right which the king had, when any of his
tenants died seised of a knight's fee, to receive of the heir, provided he
were of fall age, one whole year's profits of the lands, if they were in
immediate possession; and half a year's profits, if the lands were in
reversion, expectant on an estate for life. 2 Bl. Com. 66.
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