Priest-ridden (a.) Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people.
Prieve (v. t.) To prove.
Prigged (imp. & p. p.) of Prig
Prigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prig
Prig (v. i.) To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.
Prig (v. t.) To cheapen.
Prig (v. t.) To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief.
Prig (n.) A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
Prig (n.) A thief; a filcher.
Priggery (n.) Priggism.
Priggish (a.) Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical.
Priggism (n.) The quality or state of being priggish; the manners of a prig.
Priggism (n.) Roguery; thievery.
Prighte () imp. of Prick.
Prill (n.) The brill.
Prill (v. i.) To flow.
Prill (n.) A stream.
Prill (n.) A nugget of virgin metal.
Prill (n.) Ore selected for excellence.
Prill (n.) The button of metal from an assay.
Prillion (n.) Tin extracted from the slag.
Prim (n.) The privet.
Prim (a.) Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person.
Primmed (imp. & p. p.) of Prim
Primming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prim
Prim (v. t.) To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.
Prim (v. i.) To dress or act smartly.
Primacy (a.) The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy.
Primacy (a.) The office, rank, or character of a primate; the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church; the office or dignity of an archbishop; as, the primacy of England.
Prima donnas (pl. ) of Prima donna
Prime (#) Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donna
Prima donna (a.) The first or chief female singer in an opera.
Prima facie () At first view; on the first appearance.
Primage (n.) A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity to the captain for his particular care of the goods (sometimes called hat money), but now belonging to the owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special agreement the whole or part is assigned to the captain.
Primal (a.) First; primary; original; chief.
Primality (n.) The quality or state of being primal.
Primarily (adv.) In a primary manner; in the first place; in the first place; in the first intention; originally.
Primariness (n.) The quality or state of being primary, or first in time, in act, or in intention.
Primary (a.) First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.
Primary (a.) First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
Primary (a.) First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as, primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
Primary (a.) Earliest formed; fundamental.
Primary (a.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
Primaries (pl. ) of Primary
Primary (n.) That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter.
Primary (n.) A primary meeting; a caucus.
Primary (n.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird.
Primary (n.) A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star. See under Planet.
Primate (a.) The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
Primate (a.) One of the Primates.
Primates (n. pl.) The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.
Primateship (n.) The office, dignity, or position of a primate; primacy.
Primatial (a.) Primatical.
Primatical (a.) Of or pertaining to a primate.
Prime (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister.
Prime (a.) First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth.
Prime (a.) Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
Prime (a.) Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
Prime (n.) The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring.
Prime (n.) The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection.
Prime (n.) That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.
Prime (a.) The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds.
Prime (a.) The first of the chief guards.
Prime (a.) 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.
Prime (a.) A prime number. See under Prime, a.
Prime (a.) An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1.
Primed (imp. & p. p.) of Prime
Priming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prime
Prime (a.) To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
Prime (a.) To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.
Prime (a.) To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief.
Prime (a.) To trim or prune, as trees.
Prime (a.) To mark with a prime mark.
Prime (v. i.) To be renewed, or as at first.
Prime (v. i.) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
Prime (v. i.) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed; -- said of a steam boiler.
Primely (adv.) At first; primarily.
Primely (adv.) In a prime manner; excellently.
Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being first.
Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being prime, or excellent.
Primer (n.) One who, or that which, primes
Primer (n.) an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder.
Primer (a.) First; original; primary.
Primer (n.) Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction.
Primer (n.) A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.
Primer (n.) 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.
Primero (n.) A game at cards, now unknown.
Primerole (n.) See Primrose.
Primeval (a.) Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man.
Primevally (adv.) In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.
Primevous (a.) Primeval.
Primigenial (a.) First born, or first of all; original; primary. See Primogenial.
Primigenious (a.) Alt. of Primigenous
Primigenous (a.) First formed or generated; original; primigenial.
Primine (n.) The outermost of the two integuments of an ovule.
Priming (n.) The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
Priming (n.) The first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas, or on a building, or other surface.
Priming (n.) The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder.