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One who dresses showily; a prinker. "A pranker or a dancer." Burton.

Full of pranks; frolicsome.

Thin; lean. [Scot.]

imp. of Shrink.

Alternately disposed on exactly opposite sides of the stem so as to from two ranks; distichous.

Not frankable; incapable of being sent free by public conveyance.

To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade. Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased. Luke xiv. ll.

Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.

To epitomize; to abridge. Franklin.

rning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school.

bed around a circular spur wheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth. Rankine.

essure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. Rankine.

A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.

To raise to a higher rank; to promote. Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes. Esther iii. 1.

red, as worthy to be followed; counsel. We may give advice, but we can not give conduct. Franklin.

er affect company, nor is he fit for Shak. Do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great. Hazlitt.

Below in rank; next to in order. Shak. Codrus after PhDryden.

To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. His scheme for aggrandizing his son. Prescott.

The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.

A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity. [Obs.]