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llion or mullions. There were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. I Kings vii.4.

A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers. Unite thy forces and attack their lines. Dryden.

Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds. Frankland.

Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit, bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately; characterized by pride; haughty. The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15. Lofty and sour to them that loved him not. Shak. Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. Milton.

dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture. With horse and chariots ranked in loose array. Milton.

e eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank. [Eng.]

Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes. Why but to keep ye low and ignorant Milton.

Born in a low condition or rank; -- opposed to highborn.

Low in rank or social importance. One common right the great and lowly claims. Pope.

The state or quality of being luxuriant; rank, vigorous growth; excessive abundance produced by rank growth. "Tropical luxuriance." B. Taylor.

Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage. Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. Pope. Luxuriant flower (Bot.), one in which the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs.

. "Mad demeanor." Milton. Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace. Franklin. The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled. Jowett (Thucyd.).

A person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of influence or distinction in any sphere. Macaulay.

f the observer; - - called also apparent diameter. -- Magnitude of a star (Astron.), the rank of a star with respect to brightness. About twenty very bright stars are said to be of first magnitude, the stars of the sixth magnitude being just visible to the naked eye. Telescopic stars are classified down to the twelfth…

A sovereign prince in India; -- a title given also to other persons of high rank.

Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc. Our main interest is to be happy as we can. Tillotson.

or, to maintain his life. Stirling. What maintains one vice would bring up two children. Franklin.

state which inspires awe or reverence; grandeur; exalted dignity, whether proceeding from rank, character, or bearing; imposing loftiness; stateliness; -- usually applied to the rank and dignity of sovereigns. The Lord reigneth; he is clothed with majesty. Ps. xciii. 1. No sovereign has ever represented the majesty of…

An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.

. An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.