Stinking, rammish, ill-flavoured; also strong, great. A rank knave; a rank coward: perhaps the latter may allude to an ill savour caused by fear.
·superl Strong to the taste. II. Rank ·adv Rankly; stoutly; violently. III. Rank ·vt To place abre...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Degree of dignity; officers of the navy rank with those of the army according to the following table...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A highwayman. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
See rank. ...
When an officer is placed in a vacancy by "acting order," he only holds temporary rank until "confir...
That given by commission, and which does not cease with any particular service. ...
The last rank of a body of men drawn up in simple line. ...
That owing to an acting commission, or to local circumstances, ceasing with a particular service. ...
This word includes corporals as well as privates, all below sergeants. (See file.) ...