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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Privet  \Priv"et\,  n.  [Cf.  Scot.  privie,  Prov.  E.  prim-print, 
  primwort  Prob.  for  primet,  and  perh.  named  from  being  cut 
  and  trimmed.  See  {Prim},  a.,  and  cf  {Prime}  to  prune, 
  {Prim},  n.,  {Prie},  n.]  (Bot.) 
  An  ornamental  European  shrub  ({Ligustrum  vulgare}),  much  used 
  in  hedges;  --  called  also  {prim}. 
 
  {Egyptian  privet}.  See  {Lawsonia}. 
 
  {Evergreen  privet},  a  plant  of  the  genus  {Rhamnus}.  See 
  {Alatern}. 
 
  {Mock  privet},  any  one  of  several  evergreen  shrubs  of  the 
  genus  {Phillyrea}.  They  are  from  the  Mediterranean  region, 
  and  have  been  much  cultivated  for  hedges  and  for 
  fancifully  clipped  shrubberies. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prim  \Prim\,  n.  [See  {Privet}.]  (Bot) 
  The  privet. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prim  \Prim\,  a.  [OF.  prim,  prin,  prime,  first  principal.  sharp, 
  thin,  piercing,  fr  L.  primus  first  See  {Prime},  a.] 
  Formal;  precise;  affectedly  neat  or  nice;  as  prim 
  regularity;  a  prim  person.  --Swift. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prim  \Prim\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Primmed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Primming}.] 
  To  deck  with  great  nicety;  to  arrange  with  affected 
  preciseness;  to  prink. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prim  \Prim\,  v.  i. 
  To  dress  or  act  smartly.  [R.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  prim 
  adj  1:  affectedly  dainty  or  refined  [syn:  {dainty},  {mincing},  {niminy-piminy}, 
  {twee}] 
  2:  exaggeratedly  proper;  "my  straitlaced  Aunt  Anna  doesn't 
  approve  of  my  miniskirts"  [syn:  {priggish},  {prissy},  {prudish}, 
  {puritanical},  {square-toed},  {straitlaced},  {straightlaced}, 
  {tight-laced},  {victorian}] 
  v  1:  assume  a  prim  appearance:  "They  mince  and  prim" 
  2:  contract  one's  lips;  "She  primmed  her  lips  after  every  bite 
  of  food" 
  3:  dress  primly  [syn:  {prim  up},  {prim  out}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Prim,  AR 
  Zip  code(s):  72130




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