Found 3 items, similar to primer.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: primer
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: primer
primer
n 1: an introductory textbook
2: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a
propellant [syn:
fuse,
fuze,
fusee,
fuzee,
priming]
3: the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a
surface [syn:
flat coat,
ground,
priming,
primer coat
,
priming coat,
undercoat]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Primer
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
\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
\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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