Priming
Definition of Priming
Prim´ing | n. | 1. | The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm. | | 2. | (Paint.) The first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas, or on a building, or other surface. | | 3. | (Steam Eng.) The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder.| Priming of the tide | | See Lag of the tide, under 2d Lag. |
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Related Words
blasting cap, calcimining, cap, chromogen, coat, coat of paint, coating, color, color filter, color gelatin, colorant, coloring, covering, cramming, dead-color, detonating powder, detonator, distemper, drier, dye, dyestuff, electric detonator, enameling, exploder, exterior paint, flat coat, flat wash, floor enamel, fresco, fulminating mercury, fuse, gilding, glazing, glossing, ground, interior paint, japanning, medium, mercury fulminate, opaque color, paint, painting, percussion cap, pigment, pre-education, preinstruction, primacord, prime coat, primer, shellacking, squib, stain, staining, stippling, tempera, thinner, tinction, tincture, transparent color, turpentine, turps, undercoat, undercoating, varnishing, vehicle, wash, wash coat, whitewashing
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