(especially of feathers in falconry) Engrafted, eked, implanted; supplemented by imping.
noun
a creature without feet
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imp
impel
impel
verb
(transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.
(transitive) To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.
impen
impen
verb
To shut up or enclose, as in a pen.
imper
prime
prime
adj
(mathematics) Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.
(mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
(mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
(obsolete) Lecherous, lewd, lustful.
Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
First in excellence, quality, or value.
First in importance, degree, or rank.
First in time, order, or sequence.
Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
noun
(Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
(algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
(backgammon) Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
(card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
(chemistry, obsolete) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
(cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.
(fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
(film) Contraction of prime lens, a film lens.
(historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
(music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
(now rare) The earliest stage of something.
(obsolete) The early morning generally.
(obsolete) The priming in a flintlock.
An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
The chief or best individual or part.
The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
verb
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To trim or prune.
(intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
(intransitive, of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
(mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be renewed.
(transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
(transitive) To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.
