Those beautiful opaque bodies which revolve about the sun as a centre, in nearly circular orbits. (See inferior planets, minor planets, and superior planets.)
·noun A primary meeting; a caucus. II. Primary ·adj Earliest formed; fundamental. III. Primary ·no...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- A primary by which direct nominations of candidates for office are made. ...
(See planets, primary.) ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
This name, the opposite of superior, is applied to Mercury and Venus, because they revolve in orbits...
See asteroids. ...
The satellites, or moons, revolving about some of the primary planets the moon being our satellite. ...
Those which revolve about the sun as a centre, outside the earth's orbit; the opposite of inferior. ...
Ireland: so called from the frequent rains in that island. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose