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primeSee prime number. prime 1. Maths a. having no factors except itself or one b. having no common factors (with) 2. Maths short for prime number 3. Music a. unison b. the tonic of a scale 4. Chiefly RC Church the second of the seven canonical hours of the divine office, originally fixed for the first hour of the day, at sunrise 5. the first of eight basic positions from which a parry or attack can be made in fencing prime [prīm] (engineering) Main or primary, as in prime contractor. In blasting, to place a detonator in a cartridge or charge of explosive. To treat wood with a primer or penetrant primer. To add water to a pump to enable it to begin pumping. (mathematics) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Duke of Devenham, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whose wife entertained for his party, and whose immense income, derived mostly from her American relations, was always at its disposal, was a person almost as important in the councils of his country as the Prime Minister himself. Harold March was to have traveled with his friend Horne Fisher on that inland voyage to Willowood Place, where the Prime Minister was a guest at the moment. He was scuffling with the prime minister and the director-general of public education, and he was a royal gift to me and my camp servants. |
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