Found 3 items, similar to primer.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: primer cat dasar
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. [1913 Webster] Primer \Prim"er\, a. [OF. primer, primier, premier, F. premier. See Premier.] First; original; primary. [Obs.] “The primer English kings.” --Drayton. [1913 Webster] 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. [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. [1913 Webster] The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin. --Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] 2. A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner. [1913 Webster] As he sat in the school at his prymer. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: Great primer type. [1913 Webster]