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† ˈprimetide, ˈprime-tide Obs.
[f. prime a. or n. + tide; in sense 2 prob. after prec.]
1. The time of prime; early morning.
a1300K. Horn 849 Riȝt at prime tide Hi gunnen vt ride.
2. Springtime, spring; also fig. the ‘springtime’ of life, or of any movement.
1549Chaloner Erasm. on Folly A j, Whan, after a sharpe stormie wynter, the new primetyde flourisheth. 1553T. Wilson Rhet. 8 b, Beyng in their primetide and spryng of their age. 1593Bilson Govt. Christ's Ch. 306 At the Prime tide of the Gospell. |