† a-rankadv.
Obsolete.
In a rank or row.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrangement in (a) row(s) or line(s > [adverb]
a-rowa1300
a-rankc1300
alinec1400
elynec1480
a-ray1570
seriately1846
c1300 St. Brand. 273 Sette hem a-doun A-renk, and wosche here fet alle.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4588 Wyþ ys hol host al and some, þe brigge þay toke a-rank.
1570 Galfrido & Bern. i. (Halliw.) The pretty dames..Do go so sagely on the way By two and two a-ranke.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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