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second-rate

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Adjective

  1. Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 80–98 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 700–750, and weighing approximately 2,200 tons burthen.
  2. Of mediocre quality; not first-rate.
  3. Alternative spelling of second-rate.

Noun

  1. A second-rate ship of the line.
  2. Alternative spelling of second-rate.

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