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Capable of being prepared. "Medicine preparable by art." Boyle.

Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant. [R.] Boyle.

re; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Primordial. [R.] Boyle.

A coxcomb; a pert boy. [Obs.]

Capable of being procured; obtainable. Boyle.

forwards, advances, or promotes; an encourager; as, a promoter of charity or philosophy. Boyle.

Wanting sufficient evidence to induce belief; not proved. Boyle. -- Proof"less*ly, adv.

The quality or state of belonging to the community; as, the publicness of property. Boyle.

Boyish; childish; trifling; silly. The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents. De Quincey.

To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. Boyle.

Capable of being reduced to fine powder. Boyle.

One who pumps; the instrument or machine used in pumping. Boyle.

A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female.

Somewhat purple. Boyle.

baffle. I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistius hoped to put me off with an harangue. Boyle. We might put him off with this answer. Bentley.

The number four. Boyle.

Consisting of five; arranged by fives. Boyle. Quinary system (Zoöl.), a fanciful classification based on the hypothesis that each group contains five types.

Strong to the taste. "Divers sea fowls taste rank of the fish on which they feed." Boyle.

Capable of being rarefied. Boyle.