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Definition: Prime of the moon
Prime
\Prime\, n.
1. The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or
opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn;
the spring. --Chaucer.
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In the very prime of the world. --Hooker.
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Hope waits upon the flowery prime. --Waller.
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2. The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength,
or beauty; perfection.
“Cut off in their prime.”
--Eustace.
“The prime of youth.” --Dryden.
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3. That which is first in quantity; the most excellent
portion; the best part.
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Give him always of the prime. --Swift.
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4. [F. prime, LL. prima (sc. hora). See
Prime, a.] The
morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical
hour, succeeding to lauds.
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Early and late it rung, at evening and at prime.
--Spenser.
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Note: Originally, prime denoted the first quarter of the
artificial day, reckoned from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Afterwards, it denoted the end of the first quarter,
that is, 9 a. m. Specifically, it denoted the first
canonical hour, as now. Chaucer uses it in all these
senses, and also in the sense of def. 1, above.
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They sleep till that it was pryme large.
--Chaucer.
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5. (Fencing) The first of the chief guards.
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6. (Chem.) 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.
[Obs. or Archaic]
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7. (Arith.) A prime number. See under
Prime, a.
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8. An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal
system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d
Inch, n., 1.
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Prime of the moon, the new moon at its first appearance.
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