primage (age asig)

[PRIME.] Comm.: A small contribution, usually about one tenth the amount of the freight, formerly paid to the captain of a ve el for taking care of the cargo; now charged as an addition to the freight. prim-al, adj. [Low Lat. primal is, from Latin primus first.] [PRIME, α.] *1. Ord . Lang .: Primary, first in time, order, or importance; original. "The primal father of our line." Blackie: Lays of Highlands , p. 42. 2. Geol .: A term applied to the earliest Palæozoic series of the Appal a chi an Basin, from its originating in the dawn of the Paleozoic day of North America. The entire thickne is considerably more than 2.000 feet. Fo ils, a peculiar fucoid, a characteristic stem-like form, of doubtful affinities, II. Technically : 1. Astron.: A primary planet (q. v.). "These, with their respective primaries (as the central planets are called), form in each case miniature systems." -Herschel: Astronomy (ed. 1878), p. 533. 2. Ornith . ( pl .): The largest quill-feathers of the wing, arising from bones corresponding to those of the typical hand. [REMIGES.] 13. Palæont .: Found in the Paleozoic rocks; as, primary crinoids. ( Seeley .)