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- Ranking - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Rank
- Captain - n. - An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army.
- Corvette - n. - A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
- Subaltern - a. - Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer.
- Arsenic - n. - One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356ยก Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenicum of the ancients. The element and its compounds are active poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight 75. Symbol As.
- Array - n. - A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
- Master - n. - The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.
- Internuncio - n. - A representative, or charge d'affaires, of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government, ranking next below a nuncio.
- Mate - n. - An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate.
- Earl - n. - A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count.
- Colonel - n. - The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.