'Primer' definitions:
Definition of 'primer'
(from WordNet)
noun
An introductory textbook
noun
Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant [syn: fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming]
noun
The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface [syn: flat coat, ground, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat]
Definition of 'Primer'
From: GCIDE
- Primer \Prim"er\, n. One who, or that which, primes; specifically, an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Primer'
From: GCIDE
- Primer \Prim"er\, a. [OF. primer, primier, premier, F. premier. See Premier.] First; original; primary. [Obs.] "The primer English kings." --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
- Primer fine (O. Eng. Law), a fine due to the king on the writ or commencement of a suit by fine. --Blackstone.
- Primer seizin (Feudal Law), the right of the king, when a tenant in capite died seized of a knight's fee, to receive of the heir, if of full age, one year's profits of the land if in possession, and half a year's profits if the land was in reversion expectant on an estate for life; -- now abolished. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Primer'
From: GCIDE
- Primer \Prim"er\, n. [Originally, the book read at prime, the first canonical hour. LL. primae liber. See Prime, n., 4.]
- 1. Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction. [1913 Webster]
- The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin. --Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner. [1913 Webster]
- As he sat in the school at his prymer. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Print.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Great primer type. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'primer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abecedarium,
- abecedary,
- alphabet,
- alphabet book,
- and arithmetic,
- basics,
- battledore,
- blasting cap,
- cap,
- casebook,
- chromogen,
- coat,
- coat of paint,
- coating,
- color,
- color filter,
- color gelatin,
- colorant,
- coloring,
- dead-color,
- detonating powder,
- detonator,
- distemper,
- drier,
- dye,
- dyestuff,
- electric detonator,
- elementary education,
- elements,
- exercise book,
- exploder,
- exterior paint,
- first principles,
- first steps,
- flat coat,
- flat wash,
- floor enamel,
- fulminating mercury,
- fuse,
- gradus,
- grammar,
- ground,
- hornbook,
- induction,
- initiation,
- interior paint,
- introduction,
- manual,
- manual of instruction,
- medium,
- mercury fulminate,
- opaque color,
- outlines,
- paint,
- percussion cap,
- pigment,
- primacord,
- prime coat,
- priming,
- principia,
- principles,
- propaedeutic,
- reader,
- reading,
- rudiments,
- schoolbook,
- speller,
- spelling book,
- squib,
- stain,
- t,
- tempera,
- text,
- thinner,
- tinction,
- tincture,
- transparent color,
- turpentine,
- turps,
- undercoat,
- undercoating,
- vehicle,
- wash,
- wash coat,
- workbook,
- writing