well-primedadj.
/ˌwɛlˈprʌɪmd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈpraɪmd/ Thoroughly or properly primed (in various senses of prime v.2). Now: esp. thoroughly prepared or equipped with information.
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1634 J. Bate Myst. Nature & Art ii. 91 Either of these [petards] must bee well primed, and their primed ends must be towards the inside of the lance.
1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 78 If the powder in the touch-hole be fired, and the rest within the peece goe not off, we say she was not Primed, or not well primed.
1705 N. Tate Triumph 13 Then try your Skill: a well-prim'd Canvass stretch.
1766 C. Lucas 3rd. Addr. Right Hon. Lord Mayor 41 A Grand Jury thus charged, can hardly miss Fire, if they be as well primed.
1806 Universal Mag. May 399/2 The company went, as we may say, well primed to the ladies, and when the wine is in, the wit, if there is any, will out.
1890 Art Amateur 22 88/2 Take a canvas of medium texture well primed, so that the colors may sink in as little as possible.
1904 G. M. Trevelyan Eng. under Stuarts i. 27 Helpless as an unlearned prisoner was in altercation with a well-primed magistrate or a couple of lawyers.
1925 J. Parkes Trav. in Eng. in 17th Cent. vii. 195 Yokels, torn from the plough and driven to battle by well-primed muskets in the rear.
2003 Evening Standard (Nexis) 21 May 31 The numbers are far larger than even a well-primed City had expected.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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