Prime

s. (primus, Latin.) 1. The first part of the day; the dawn; the morning (Milton). 2. The beginning; tie early) days (Milton). 3. The best part (Swift). 4. The spring of life, the height of strength, healij:, or beauty (Dryden). 5. Spring (Waller), The height of perfection (Woodward). The first canonical hour (Ains.). 8. The first part; the beginning: as, the prime of the moon.