Crossword clues for primer
primer
- Paint book
- Base coat (of paint)
- School book
- Introductory book
- Easy reader
- Early reader
- Body shop application
- ABC book
- Simple text
- Preliminary coat
- Pre-foundation layer
- Novice's text
- Initial wall coat before painting
- Initial coat of paint
- Grade-school text
- First grader's book
- Coat that goes on before paint
- Book with Dick and Jane, say
- Beginner's book
- Basic textbook
- Basic book
- First-grade book
- Introductory reading
- First coat of paint, sometimes
- Undercoat
- Base coat
- Furniture cover
- It may be under enamel
- First layer of furniture protection
- First coat for a painter
- The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- An introductory textbook
- Any igniter by which an explosive charge is ignited
- Abecedarium
- First 46 Down
- Introductory textbook
- Book for a first grader
- Elementary textbook
- Hornbook
- Percussion cap
- Preliminary coat of paint
- First reading book
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Primer \Prim"er\, n. [Originally, the book read at prime, the first canonical hour. LL. primae liber. See Prime, n., 4.]
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Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction.
The primer, or office of the Blessed Virgin.
--Bp. Stillingfleet. -
A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.
As he sat in the school at his prymer.
--Chaucer. -
(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.
Note: Great primer type.
Primer \Prim"er\, a. [OF. primer, primier, premier, F. premier.
See Premier.]
First; original; primary. [Obs.] ``The primer English
kings.''
--Drayton.
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"first layer of dye or paint," 1680s, from prime (v.).\n
late 14c., "prayer-book," also "school book" (senses not distinguished in Middle Ages, as reading was taught from prayer books), from Medieval Latin primarius, from Latin primus "first" (see prime (adj.)). The word also might be all or in part from prime (n.) on the same notion as a "Book of Hours." Meaning "small introductory book on any topic" is from 1807.
"explosive cap," 1819, agent noun from prime (v.).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context historical Catholic ecclesiastical) A prayer book or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including the hours of the Virgin Mary, 15 gradual and 7 penitential psalms, the litany, the placebo and dirige forming the office of the dead, and the commendations. 2 (context historical Protestant ecclesiastical) similar works issued in England for private prayer in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer. 3 A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell. 4 An introductory text on any subject, particularly basic concepts. 5 (context: New Zealand) An elementary school class; an elementary school student. Etymology 2
n. 1 any substance or device used to ignite a fire, (context: especially) any priming wire, blasting cap, or other device used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive. 2 (context obsolete rare) A person who primes explosives. 3 any substance used to prime wood, metal, &c. 4 A layer of such a substance. 5 (context obsolete rare) A person who primes wood, metal, &c. 6 (context: biology) A molecule which initiates the synthesis of an enzyme, (context: especially) a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule which initiates DNA replication. 7 (context medicine zoology) A pheromone which interacts first with the endocrine system. 8 A device used to prime an internal combustion engine with gasoline, (context: especially) in airplanes. 9 A person who prunes trees. Etymology 3
a. 1 (context obsolete English) first in time, initial, early. 2 (context: obsolete) first in importance, premier. 3 (context obsolete rare) first in position, foremost.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Primer is an early home video documenting the funk metal band Living Colour and the making of its platinum selling album Vivid. The video includes a collection of songs from Vivid and observations on the songs from band members. The live track "Broken Hearts" was filmed by MTV during a 1988 concert at Auburn University in Alabama. Released in 1989 on VHS tape and laserdisc, the video never made it to DVD and has long been out of print. The video for "Glamour Boys" was not included on the laserdisc version.
Primer is the sixth studio album by the a cappella group Rockapella and marks their North American debut. Its track list was intended to represent the band's live show at the time and was recorded 99% live-in-studio over the course of two days at Sonalysts Studios in Connecticut, with the exception of the bonus track, "Shambala," which was recorded prior to the Sonalysts sessions.
A primer is a strand of short nucleic acid sequences (generally about 10 base pairs) that serves as a starting point for DNA synthesis. It is required for DNA replication because the enzymes that catalyze this process, DNA polymerases, can only add new nucleotides to an existing strand of DNA. The polymerase starts replication at the 3'-end of the primer, and copies the opposite strand.
In most cases of natural DNA replication, the primer for DNA synthesis and replication is a short strand of RNA (which can be made de novo).
Many of the laboratory techniques of biochemistry and molecular biology that involve DNA polymerase, such as DNA sequencing and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), require DNA primers. These primers are usually short, chemically synthesized oligonucleotides, with a length of about twenty bases. They are hybridized to a target DNA, which is then copied by the polymerase.
Primer may refer to:
- Primer (cosmetics), a cream or lotion applied before another cosmetic to improve coverage and lengthen the amount of time the cosmetic lasts on the face
- Primer (firearm), firearm powder charge ignition mechanisms
:* Centerfire ammunition, Boxer or Berdan centerfire primers used in modern centerfire cartridges
:* Percussion cap, gunpowder ignition device for 19th century muzzle-loading firearms and modern replicas
- Primer (gasoline engine), a device on some petrol engines used to prime the engine with gasoline before starting it
- Primer (molecular biology), a nucleic acid strand (or related molecule) that serves as a starting point for DNA replication
- Primer (paint), a coating applied to a surface to prepare it for paint or another coating or adhesive
- Primer (textbook), a textbook used in primary education to teach the alphabet and other basic subjects
- Book of hours, a medieval illuminated manuscript
- Explosive primer, a small explosive device also known as a blasting cap
- Great primer, a font size of 18 points
- Primer-E Primer, software for statistical analysis of ecological data
- Trap primer, a plumbing device or valve that adds water to traps
Primer is a 2004 American indie science fiction drama film about the accidental discovery of a means of time travel. The film was written, directed, produced, edited and scored by Shane Carruth, who also stars in the main role.
Primer is of note for its extremely low budget (completed for $7,000), experimental plot structure, philosophical implications, and complex technical dialogue, which Carruth, a college graduate with a degree in mathematics and a former engineer, chose not to simplify for the sake of the audience. The film collected the Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, before securing a limited release in the United States, and has since gained a cult following.
A cosmetic primer is a cream or lotion applied before another cosmetic to improve coverage and lengthen the amount of time the cosmetic lasts on the face.
In firearm ballistics, the primer is a component of pistol, rifle, and shotgun rounds. Upon being struck with sufficient force, a primer reacts chemically to produce heat which ignites the main propellant charge and fires the projectile.
A primer (in this sense usually pronounced , sometimes ) is a first textbook for teaching of reading, such as an alphabet book or basal reader. The word also is used more broadly to refer to any book that presents the most basic elements of any subject.
The Latin Enschedé Abecedarium of the late 15th century, translated into English as the Salisbury Prymer, has been identified as the earliest example of a printed primer. It presented the alphabet and several Catholic prayers.
Other historical examples of primers for children include The New England Primer (1680s) and McGuffey Readers (1836) in the US, and Bala Potam (Lessons for Children, 1850 & 1851) by Arumuka Navalar in Sri Lanka.
Usage examples of "primer".
Unless, Miller had said, you used it as a fuse, a primer, stuck to the tons of Amatol or Torpex or whatever they used.
There were some packages of pre-fabricated explosives with amatol, primer and chemical detonator combined in one neat unit with a miniature timing device that ranged from five seconds to five minutes, complete with sucker clamps.
I had asked that Henry would make straight for the cave, hurry through the chamber that had served as an armoury and bring back amatol blocks, primers, RDX, chemical fuses, anything he could find.
Anthropologist, metaphysician, most of all theologian, here is a lesson which can teach you much that you will not find in your primers and catechisms.
INCLUDING Jack the Giant Killer, Cock Robin, Tom Thumb, Whittington, Goody Two Shoes, Philip Quarll, Tommy Trip, York and Banbury Cries, Children in the Wood, Dame Trot, Horn Books, Battledores, Primers, etc.
Rusher in his Banbury Horn Books, Battledores, Galloping Guide to A, B, C, Primers, Reading Made Easy, Spelling Books, etc.
The guns are to be fired either with percussion or friction primers, as the Captain may prefer.
PCR was performed on the samples using primers specific for ribosomal RNA, and the products were sequenced, revealing a magnetotactic sequence similar to Terran marine methanogens.
After he had gained more than mere grudging attention from the gun captains, Sir Peter had them gather around closer and, with fingers that were big and work-stained and scarred, but still sure and rock-steady, he rapidly dismantled a brace of the friction primers and showed all of them the very simple works.
After examining two of the primers for a while, Fahrooq had the gun crew on duty swab and reload the waiting culverin.
Once he had probed the touchhole, he inserted one of the primers picked out at random from the box Sir Peter had brought, attached the lanyard hook, took a stance, took in the slack, then gave a sharp jerk.
Sir Peter kept the duty gun crew busy, allowing the assembled gunners and officers to personally use the entire box of primers he had brought along on not just the long eighteen-pounder but on some of the heavier pieces on the gun decks below.
I showed them off to the fucking officers, they never stopped frowning and all and turned them primers down flat.
Furthermore, thanks almost entirely to the experiments of Rupen and Peter to improve upon the cannon primers Peter had been making, we now have matches in this world and timenot very many, just yet, true, but due to the meticulous records of their experiments kept by Rupen, we now know just how to make them.
But, as I now recall, the cannon primers used the same basic compound as is used to make matchesphosphorus, sulfur, and a few other common chemicals, plus ground glass.