second-rateSEC'OND-RATE, n. [second and rate.] The second order in size, dignity, or value. They call it thunder of the second-rate. Addison. So we say, a ship of the second-rate.
SEC'OND-RATE, a. Of the second size, rank, quality or value; as a second-rate ship; a second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion. |