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The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.

A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another; as, a tier of seats in a theater. Tiers of a cable, the ranges of fakes, or windings, of a cable, laid one within another when coiled.

e of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth. The tilth and rank fertility of its golden youth. De Quincey.

A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. [Obs.] In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. Milton.

A number or company of ten householders who, dwelling near each other, were sureties or frankpledges to the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary. Blackstone.

t; the morrow."To-morrow is our wedding day." Cowper. One today is worth two to-morrows. Franklin.

The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank.

The highest rank; the most honorable position; the utmost attainable place; as, to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school. And wears upon hisbaby brow the round And top of sovereignty. Shak.

A vessel with thirty banks of oars, or, as some say, thirty ranks of rowers.

Occupying the third post or rank. [Obs.] Cowley.

Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys. Prior.

Facing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, as the leaves of veratrum.

He that rises late must trot all day, and will scarcely overtake his business at night. Franklin.

ine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.

ype of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the admission of the mixture to the crank case is through a suction valve.

Capable of being thrown or cranked in two directions, usually opposite to one another; as, a two-throw crank; a two-throw switch.

To reduce from the rank of a canonized saint.

To deprive of the rank or rights of a city. [Obs.]

Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of thei…

Lowest, as in place, rank, or condition. Addison.