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Primed   /praɪmd/   Listen
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Prime  v. t.  (past & past part. primed; pres. part. priming)  
1.
To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
2.
To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.
3.
To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief. (Colloq.)
4.
To trim or prune, as trees. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.)
5.
(Math.) To mark with a prime mark.
To prime a pump, to charge a pump with water, in order to put it in working condition.


Prime  v. i.  
1.
To be renewed, or as at first. (Obs.) "Night's bashful empress, though she often wane, As oft repeats her darkness, primes again."
2.
To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
3.
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.





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"Primed" Quotes from Famous Books



... sheikh, as they entered the mountainous country, after a three days' march across the wilderness. "Look at these tracks of horses and camels in the defile. The marks are fresh. See that your guns are primed!" he cried ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol III • Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
... throughout of Miss Mary Buckle. Our classification of the stitches is the result of many a conference between us. The description of the way the stitches are worked, and so forth, is my rendering of her description, supplemented by practical demonstration with the needle. She has primed me with technical information, and been always at hand to keep me from technical error. With reference to design and art ...
— Art in Needlework - A Book about Embroidery • Lewis F. Day
... this description, although the inheritance was equally divided between his brother and himself, got hold of a young fellow who had L170 in his pocket, and introduced him to one of the 'cock-and-hen' houses near Drury Lane Theatre, well-primed with wine. Gaffing began, and the billiard-marker before described was pitched upon to 'do' the stranger. The macer 'pitched the baby card,' and of course lost, as well as the unfortunate victim. He had borrowed L10 of the landlord, who was to come in for ...
— The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims - Volume II (of II) • Andrew Steinmetz
... lived at half a dozen courts and is primed with the scandalous gossip of them all, could certainly write an entertaining book on the fallacies and vices ...
— Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess • Henry W. Fischer
... day of the election a mob of miners, primed with liquor by an unscrupulous agent of Transome's, came into the town to hoot the Tory voters; and as the disturbance increased, Felix knowing that Mr. Lyon was away preaching went round to the ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV. • Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton


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