rear-admiral

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• Rear

  ·adv Early; soon. II. Rear ·vt To lift and take up. III. Rear ·vt To breed and raise; as, to rear ...

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• rear

  1) under roasted or boiled ; not done enough. 2) mice, bats. Derb. 3) (corruptly pronounced [RARE]...

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• rear

  An epithet for anything situated behind another, as the hindmost portion of a fleet or army. (See di...

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• Admiral

  ·noun The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet. II. Admiral ...

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• admiral

  The derivation of this noble title from the Greek almyros, from the Latin admirabilis, from the Saxo...

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• Rear-horse

  ·noun A <<Mantis>>. ...

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• rear-guard

  That part of the army which brings up and protects the rear. ...

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• rear-rank

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

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• rear-ship

  The sternmost ship of a fleet. ...

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• vice-admiral

  The rank in the fleet next to that of an admiral; he carries his flag at the fore. ...

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• yellow admiral

  A retired post-captain, who, not having served his time in that rank, is not entitled to his promoti...

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• tap the admiral

  Opprobriously applied to those who would "drink anything;" from the tale of the drunkard who stole s...

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• admiral of the blue

  who carries his flag on the main-mast. A landlord or publican wearing a blue apron, as was formerly ...

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• admiral of the narrow seas

  One who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him. SEA PHRASE. ...

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• vice admiral of the narrow seas

  A drunken man that pisses under the table into his companions' shoes. ...

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