Ranker
(Rank"er) n. One who ranks, or disposes in ranks; one who arranges.
Rankle
(Ran"kle) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rankled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rankling ] [From Rank, a.]
1. To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; — used literally and figuratively.
A malady that burns and rankles inward.
Rowe.
This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people.
Burke. 2. To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; — used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter
rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom.
Rankle
(Ran"kle) v. t. To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame. [R.] Beau. & Fl.
Rankly
(Rank"ly) adv. With rank or vigorous growth; luxuriantly; hence, coarsely; grossly; as, weeds grow
rankly.
Rankness
(Rank"ness), n. [AS. rancness pride.] The condition or quality of being rank.
Rannel
(Ran"nel) n. A prostitute. [Obs.]
Ranny
(Ran"ny) n. [L. araneus mus, a kind of small mouse.] (Zoöl.) The erd shrew. [Scot.]
Ransack
(Ran"sack) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ransacked (-sakt); p. pr. & vb. n. Ransacking.] [OE. ransaken,
Icel. rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house (akin to Goth. razn house, AS. ræsn plank, beam) +
the root of sækja to seek, akin to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Rest repose.]
1. To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.
To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts.
South. 2. To plunder; to pillage completely.
Their vow is made
To ransack Troy.
Shak. 3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [Obs.]
Rich spoil of ransacked chastity.
Spenser. Ransack
(Ran"sack), v. i. To make a thorough search.
To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead.
Chaucer. Ransack
(Ran"sack), n. The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. [R.]
Even your father's house
Shall not be free from ransack.
J. Webster.
