01 n. One who, or that which, primes
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One who, or that which, primes
Entry
5 senses · 3 variants
Webster, 1913
Primer
02 a. First; original; primary.
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First; original; primary.[Obs.]
Phrases & compounds
Primer fine —
a fine due to the king on the writ or commencement of a suit by fine.
Primer seizin —
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.
03 n. Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious i…
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Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction.“The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin.” — Bp. Stillingfleet.
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A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.“As he sat in the school at his prymer.” — Chaucer.
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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.(Print.) See: Long primer