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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rank  \Rank\,  a.  [Compar.  {Ranker};  superl.  {Rankest}.]  [AS.  ranc 
  strong,  proud;  cf  D.  rank  slender,  Dan.  rank  upright,  erect, 
  Prov.  G.  rank  slender,  Icel.  rakkr  slender,  bold.  The  meaning 
  seems  to  have  been  influenced  by  L.  rancidus  E.  rancid.] 
  1.  Luxuriant  in  growth;  of  vigorous  growth;  exuberant;  grown 
  to  immoderate  height;  as  rank  grass;  rank  weeds. 
 
  And  behold,  seven  ears  of  corn  came  up  upon  one 
  stalk,  rank  and  good.  --Gen.  xli.  5. 
 
  2.  Raised  to  a  high  degree;  violent;  extreme;  gross;  utter; 
  as  rank  heresy.  ``Rank  nonsense.''  --Hare.  ``I  do  forgive 
  thy  rankest  fault.''  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Causing  vigorous  growth;  producing  luxuriantly;  very  rich 
  and  fertile;  as  rank  land.  --Mortimer. 
 
  4.  Strong-scented;  rancid;  musty;  as  oil  of  a  rank  smell; 
  rank-smelling  rue.  --Spenser. 
 
  5.  Strong  to  the  taste.  ``Divers  sea  fowls  taste  rank  of  the 
  fish  on  which  they  feed.''  --Boyle. 
 
  6.  Inflamed  with  venereal  appetite.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  {Rank  modus}  (Law),  an  excessive  and  unreasonable  modus.  See 
  {Modus},  3. 
 
  {To  set}  (the  iron  of  a  plane,  etc.)  {rank},  to  set  so  as  to 
  take  off  a  thick  shaving.  --Moxon.




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