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To range about in an irregular manner. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Inclined or able to range, or rove about, for considerable distances; apt or suited for much roving, --chiefly used of cattle.

A queen or princess; the wife of a rajah. [Written also ranee.] [India]

ngue; also, pertaining to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein.

Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds. And, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. Gen. xli. 5.

One who ranks, or disposes in ranks; one who arranges.

To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively. A malady that burns and rankles inward. Rowe. This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people. Burke.

With rank or vigorous growth; luxuriantly; hence, coarsely; grossly; as, weeds grow rankly.

The condition or quality of being rank.

A prostitute. [Obs.]

The erd shrew. [Scot.]

To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house. To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts. South.

The release of a captive, or of captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom. Dryden.

Such as can be ransomed.

One who ransoms or redeems.

Incapable of being ransomed; without ransom. Shak.

To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher. Look where my ranting host of the Garter comes! Shak.

A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.

The practice or tenets of the Ranters.

In a ranting manner.