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Inch :: Inch (n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic..

Prime :: Prime (a.) Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.

Unessential :: Unessential (a.) Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant.

Hydraulics :: Hydraulics (n.) That branch of science, or of engineering, which treats of fluids in motion, especially of water, its action in rivers and canals, the works and machinery for conducting or raising it, its use as a prime mover, and the like..

Prime :: Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.

Declination :: Declination (n.) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south..

Prime :: Prime (a.) Early; blooming; being in the first stage.

Primevally :: Primevally (adv.) In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.

Long Primer :: Long primer () A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois..

Imprimery :: Imprimery (n.) A print; impression.

A B C :: A B C () A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.

Paragon :: Paragon (n.) A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under Type.

Incindental :: Incindental (a.) Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses..

Prime :: Prime (a.) To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge..

Primer :: 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..

Primy :: Primy (a.) Being in its prime.

Hornbook :: Hornbook (n.) The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer..

Primer :: Primer (n.) A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.

Primero :: Primero (n.) A game at cards, now unknown..

Prime :: Prime (n.) That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.

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