rear-rank

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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]...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• rear

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

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• Rank

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

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• 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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• Rear-horse

  ·noun A <<Mantis>>. ...

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• rear-admiral

  The officer in command of the third division of a fleet, whose flag is at the mizen. ...

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• rear-guard

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

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• rear-ship

  The sternmost ship of a fleet. ...

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• rank rider

  A highwayman. ...

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• 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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• temporary rank

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

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• rank and file

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

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