2. (noun)fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
3. (noun)flat coat, ground, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
Definition of 'Primer'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Primer first; original; primary
2. (noun)Primer one who, or that which, primes
3. (noun)Primer an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder
4. (noun)Primer originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction
6. (noun)Primer a kind of type, of which there are two species; one, called long primer, intermediate in size between bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other, called great primer, larger than pica