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Primitive; primary; original. [R.] The grand originary right of all rights. Hickok.

Of or pertaining to the Osci, a primitive people of Campania, a province of ancient Italy. -- n.

The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior).

A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose. [Written also pagle, pagil, peagle, and pygil.]

The cowslip (Primula veris); -- so called from its supposed remedial powers. Dr. Prior.

The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.

Of or relating to the god Pan. Pandean pipes, a primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented by Pan. Called also Pan's pipes and Panpipes.…

A genus of large trilobites characteristic of the primordial formations.

A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under Type.

ve points to inward feeling, and suppose alienated affection; when we ask forgiveness, we primarily seek the removal of anger. Pardon looks more to outward things or consequences, and is often applied to trifling matters, as when we beg pardon for interrupting a man, or for jostling him in a crowd. The civil magistrate…

Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passée belle. Ld. Lytton.

One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland. Grand pensionary, the title of the prime minister, or or president of the Council, of Holland when a republic.

The primitive perivisceral cavity.

The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived.

That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants.

creens (red, green, and blue, respectively) are superimposed. Each image is given its own primary color, and these colors blend and reproduce the colors of the object.

Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed.

A priming wire for cleaning the vent.

One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf.

ion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc. Some renowned metropolis With glistering spires and pinnacles around. Milton.