Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.
rank grass
Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.
The seely man seeing him ryde so rancke, / And ayme at him, fell flat to ground for feare […].
A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers.
The front rank kneeled to reload while the second rank fired over their heads.
To place abreast or in a line.
She [Diana] hath ſent (to plague vs) a huge ſauadge Boare, / Of an vn-meaſured height and magnitude. / […] / His briſtles poynted like a range of pikes / Ranck't on his backe: his foame ſnovves vvhere he feeds / His tuskes are like the Indian Oliphants.
To have a ranking.
A surname.
From Middle English rank (“strong, proud”), from Old English ranc (“proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent, forward, overbearing, showy, ostentatious, splendid, bold, valiant, noble, brave, strong, full-g...
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One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).
The value of a playing card.
The ranks are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace.
Their defense ranked third in the league.
To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
Ranking all things under general and special heads.