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Primer   /prˈaɪmər/   Listen
Primer

noun
1.
An introductory textbook.
2.
Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant.  Synonyms: fuse, fusee, fuze, fuzee, priming.
3.
The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface.  Synonyms: flat coat, ground, primer coat, priming, priming coat, undercoat.


Prime

adjective
1.
First in rank or degree.  Synonym: premier.  "The prime minister"
2.
Used of the first or originating agent.
3.
Of superior grade.  Synonyms: choice, prize, quality, select.  "Prime beef" , "Prize carnations" , "Quality paper" , "Select peaches"
4.
Of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers.
5.
Being at the best stage of development.  Synonym: meridian.



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"Primer" Quotes from Famous Books



... a cricket by the kitchen fire. He has a primer open before him at the alphabet. His round eyes are fixed upon the page as long as Frank is looking at him, but he requires constant watching. His teacher sits near-by, with a Latin dictionary resting upon a light stand before him, and a copy of ...
— Frank's Campaign - or the Farm and the Camp • Horatio Alger, Jr.
... received from Ginn & Co., Boston, a copy of the "Finch Primer." This is another one of those bright little books for our small brothers and sisters; it has colored illustrations, and ...
— The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 30, June 3, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various
... to pass measures against the Church, and their reluctance to consent to taxation, were even more marked than before. Their critical spirit was shown by their repeated rejection of the Statutes of Wills and Uses designed by Henry to protect from evasion his feudal rights, such as reliefs and primer seisins.[800] This demand, writes Chapuys,[801] "has been the occasion of strange words against the King and the Council, and in spite of all the efforts of the King's friends, it was rejected".[802] In the matter of supplies they were equally outspoken; they would only grant one-tenth ...
— Henry VIII. • A. F. Pollard
... labouring under a peculiar little monosyllabic cough; a sort of primer, or easy introduction to the art ...
— Dombey and Son • Charles Dickens
... It is not the hurrying, clattering and chattering individual who turns off the most work. He may imagine he is getting over a lot of track, but he wastes far more than the necessary amount of steam in doing it. The fable of the hare and the tortoise would not be a bad primer for a number of us, and the lesson relearned would not only be beneficial in a business-producing way, but it would help us in the ...
— Initiative Psychic Energy • Warren Hilton


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