PRIMING
\pɹˈa͡ɪmɪŋ], \pɹˈaɪmɪŋ], \p_ɹ_ˈaɪ_m_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of PRIMING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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of Prime
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The first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas, or on a building, or other surface.
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The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder.
By Oddity Software
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Act of one that primes something; the first coat of paint; the powder or other substance used to fire a charge from a gun.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The powder in the pan of a gun; the first colour laid on canvas. Priming iron or wire, a pointed wire, used to penetrate the vent of a piece, for examining the powder of the charge, or for piercing the cartridge.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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