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Definitions for Priming:

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Prime \Prime\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Primed; p. pr. & vb. n. Priming.] [From Prime, a.] 1. To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge. [1913 Webster] 2. To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall. [1913 Webster] 3. To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 4. To trim or prune, as trees. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 5. (Math.) To mark with a prime mark. [1913 Webster] To prime a pump, to charge a pump with water, in order to put it in working condition. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Priming \Prim"ing\, n. 1. The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm. [1913 Webster] 2. (Paint.) The first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas, or on a building, or other surface. [1913 Webster] 3. (Steam Eng.) The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder. [1913 Webster] Priming of the tide. See Lag of the tide, under 2d Lag. Priming tube, a small pipe, filled with a combustible composition for firing cannon. Priming valve (Steam Eng.), a spring safety valve applied to the cylinder of a steam engine for discharging water carried into the cylinder by priming. Priming wire, a pointed wire used to penetrate the vent of a piece, for piercing the cartridge before priming. [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
priming n 1: the act of making something ready 2: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant [syn: fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer] 3: the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface [syn: flat coat, ground, primer, {primer coat}, priming coat, undercoat]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "priming": 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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