n. (Firearms) A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Originally, the book read at prime, the first canonical hour. LL. primae liber. See Prime, n., 4. ]
The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]
As he sat in the school at his prymer. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ]
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),
Primer seizin (Feudal Law),
n. [ Sp. primera, fr. primero first, from L. primarius. See Premier. ] A game at cards, now unknown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) See Primrose. [ Obs. ] “She was a primerole.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Originally, the book read at prime, the first canonical hour. LL. primae liber. See Prime, n., 4. ]
The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]
As he sat in the school at his prymer. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ]
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),
Primer seizin (Feudal Law),
n. [ Sp. primera, fr. primero first, from L. primarius. See Premier. ] A game at cards, now unknown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) See Primrose. [ Obs. ] “She was a primerole.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]