That given by commission, and which does not cease with any particular service.
·adj Continuing in the same state, or without any change that destroys form or character; remaining ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·superl Strong to the taste. II. Rank ·adv Rankly; stoutly; violently. III. Rank ·vt To place abre...
Stinking, rammish, ill-flavoured; also strong, great. A rank knave; a rank coward: perhaps the latte...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Degree of dignity; officers of the navy rank with those of the army according to the following table...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The property of attraction and repulsion belonging to magnetized iron. (See induced magnetism.) ...
A highwayman. ...
See rank. ...
When an officer is placed in a vacancy by "acting order," he only holds temporary rank until "confir...
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.) ...