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資料來源(1): 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.