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Rank; grade; station; estimation. [Obs.] I fetch my life and being From men of royal siege. Shak.

Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size. Men of a less size and quality. L'Estrange. The middling or lower size of people. Swift.

cards being ace 11, ten 10, king 4, queen 3, jack 2). The four jacks are the best trumps, ranking club, spade, heart, diamond, and ten outranks king or queen (but when the player undertakes to lose all the tricks, the cards rank as in whist). The value of hands depends upon the game played, trump suit, points taken, an…

o pleasure, ease, and sloth. Milton. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears. Franklin.

; gentle; soft; not loud. "A still, small voice." 1 Kings xix. 12. Great and small,of all ranks or degrees; -- used especially of persons. "His quests, great and small." Chaucer. -- Small arms, muskets, rifles, pistols, etc., in distinction from cannon. -- Small beer. See under Beer. -- Small coal. (a) Little coals…

A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.

two conic sections. Hutton. -- Solid square (Mil.), a square body or troops in which the ranks and files are equal.

A card game played with the full pack ranking as at whist, each player declaring for which of seven different points he proposes to play.

Condition above the vulgar; rank. [Obs.] Shak.

Rank; order of society; social positions.

opositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative. I. Watts.

l.), a formation of troops in the shape of a square, each side consisting of four or five ranks, and the colors, officers, horses, etc., occupying the middle. -- Least square, Magic square, etc. See under Least, Magic, etc. -- On the square, or Upon the square, in an open, fair manner; honestly, or upon honor. [Obs.…

The rank or state of a squire; squireship. Swift.

To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.

Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing. Standing off (Naut.), sailing from the land. -- Standing on (Naut.), sailing toward land.

That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor. On whom . . . Lavish Honor showered all her stars. Tennyson.

Rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor. Thy honor, state, and seat is due to me. Shak.

State; rank; condition of life; social status. The greater part have kept, I see, Their station. Milton. They in France of the best rank and station. Shak.

A row, line, or rank of trees.

Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank. Totten.