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• Rank

  ·superl Strong to the taste. II. Rank ·adv Rankly; stoutly; violently. III. Rank ·vt To place abre...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• rank

  Stinking, rammish, ill-flavoured; also strong, great. A rank knave; a rank coward: perhaps the latte...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• rank

  Degree of dignity; officers of the navy rank with those of the army according to the following table...

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• Rider

  ·noun One who, or that which, rides. II. Rider ·noun A <<Robber>>. III. Rider ·noun One who breaks...

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• rider

  A person who receives part of the salary of a place or appointment from the ostensible occupier, by ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• comparative rank

  See rank. ...

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• confirmed rank

  When an officer is placed in a vacancy by "acting order," he only holds temporary rank until "confir...

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• permanent rank

  That given by commission, and which does not cease with any particular service. ...

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• rear-rank

  The last rank of a body of men drawn up in simple line. ...

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• temporary rank

  That owing to an acting commission, or to local circumstances, ceasing with a particular service. ...

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• boundary-rider

  n. a man who rides round thefences of a station to see that they are in order. 1890. E. W. Hornung...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• scrub-rider

  n. a man who rides through the scrub in search of Scrub-cattle (q.v.). 1881. A. C. Giant, `Bush Li...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• stock-rider

  n. a man employed to look aftercattle, properly on an unfenced station. 1870. A. L. Gordon, `Bush ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• keelson-rider

  See false kelson. ...

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• rack-rider

  The name of the samlet in northern fisheries, so called because it generally appears in bad weather....

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• wrack-rider

  A species of brandling faintly barred on both sides. ...

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• rank and file

  This word includes corporals as well as privates, all below sergeants. (See file.) ...

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• Haggard, Henry Rider

  (b. 1856) Novelist, etc. The Witch's Head (1885), King Solomon's Mines (1886), She (1887), Jess (18...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• top-rider futtocks

  These timbers stand nearly the same as breadth-riders, and very much strengthen the top-side. ...

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