Prime Donne | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

prime
prīmē, adv., v. primus fin. C. ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Prime
·adj Lecherous; lustful; lewd. II. Prime ·adj To mark with a prime mark. III. Prime ·adj To trim o...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
prime
Bang up. Quite the thing. Excellent. Well done. She's a prime piece; she is very skilful in the vene...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
prime
Primely; in a first rate manner. This is one of the many English adjectives which, in our vulgar lan...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
prime
The fore part of the artificial day; that is, the first quarter after sunrise. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Donne, John
(1573-1631) Poet and divine, s. of a wealthy ironmonger in London, where he was b. Brought up as a ...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
prime good
excellent. North. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
prime, to
To make ready a gun, mine, &c., for instantaneous firing. Also, to pierce the cartridge with the p...

The Sailor's Word-Book
prime vertical
That great circle which passes through the zenith and the east and west points of the horizon. ...

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