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Priming

Prĭm'ing, n.

noun

n. 1. The powder, percussion cap, or other device used to communicate fire to the charge in a fire-arm.

(Paint.) The first color laid on canvas, or on a building, &c.
(Steam-eng.) The act of carrying over water from the boiler into the cylinder.

Priming

of the tides, the interval by which the time of high water occurs earlier than it otherwise would, in consequence of the relative positions and action of the sun and moon;—opposed to lag, or the corresponding retardation of the tides.