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By inheritance.

from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor. "'Reave the orphan of his patrimony." Shak.

The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum of all the sides.

Of or pertaining to the perimeter, or to perimetry; as, a perimetric chart of the eye.

The art of using the perimeter; measurement of the field of vision.

A crystal of one species inclosing one of another species. See Endomorph.

Of or pertaining to the perimysium.

The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a muscle, and sends partitions inwards between the bundles of muscular fibers.

The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras, -- sometimes used medicinally. Called also sassafras nut.

A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger. Strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Heb. xi. 13.

The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the journey of human life. Shak. The days of the years of my pilgrimage. Gen. xlvii. 9.

To wander as a pilgrim; to go on a pilgrimage. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light, or the proportion of polarized light, in a partially polarized ray.

The art or process of measuring the polarization of light.

A theorem or proposition so easy of demonstration as to be almost self-evident. [R.] Crabb.

Old name of the tense also called imperfect.

Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person. Swift.

The first or chief female singer in an opera.

At first view; on the first appearance. Prima facie evidence (of a fact) (Law), evidence which is sufficient to establish the fact unless rebutted. Bouvier.

The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy. [R.] De Quincey.