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podobné slovo definícia development (mass) development - vývoj, rozvoj developments (mass) developments - vývoja equipment (mass) equipment - prístroj, vybavenie pm (mass) P.M. - post meridiempm - popoludníPM - Saint Pierre a Miquelon shipment (mass) shipment - zásielka spm (mass) SPM - Saint Pierre a Miquelon topmost (mass) topmost - najvyšší, smotana Aggroupment (gcide) Aggroupment \Ag*group"ment\, n. Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping. [1913 Webster] Aggry Agroupment (gcide) Agroupment \A*group"ment\, n. See Aggroupment. [1913 Webster] Cadet midshipman (gcide) Midshipman \Mid"ship`man\, n.; pl. Midshipmen. [1913 Webster] 1. (a) Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war, whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required. (b) In the English naval service, the second rank attained by a combatant officer after a term of service as naval cadet. Having served three and a half years in this rank, and passed an examination, he is eligible to promotion to the rank of lieutenant. (c) In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being students or graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) An American marine fish of the genus Porichthys, allied to the toadfish; also called singingfish. [1913 Webster] Cadet midshipman, formerly a title distinguishing a cadet line officer from a cadet engineer at the U. S. Naval Academy. See under Cadet. Cadet midshipman, formerly, a naval cadet who had served his time, passed his examinations, and was awaiting promotion; -- now called, in the United States, midshipman; in England, sublieutenant. [1913 Webster] camp-made (gcide) hand-crafted \hand-crafted\ adj. made by hand or by a hand process. Contrasted to machine-made. [Narrower terms: {camp-made ; {hand-loomed, handwoven ; handsewn, handstitched ; {overhand, oversewn )] Syn: handmade. [WordNet 1.5] campmate (gcide) campmate \camp"mate`\ n. someone who lives in the same camp as another. [WordNet 1.5] Cell development (gcide) Cell \Cell\, n. [OF. celle, fr. L. cella; akin to celare to hide, and E. hell, helm, conceal. Cf. Hall.] 1. A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit. [1913 Webster] The heroic confessor in his cell. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent. "Cells or dependent priories." --Milman. [1913 Webster] 3. Any small cavity, or hollow place. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) (a) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof. (b) Same as Cella. [1913 Webster] 5. (Elec.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery. [1913 Webster] 6. (Biol.) One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed. [1913 Webster] Note: All cells have their origin in the primary cell from which the organism was developed. In the lowest animal and vegetable forms, one single cell constitutes the complete individual, such being called unicelluter orgamisms. A typical cell is composed of a semifluid mass of protoplasm, more or less granular, generally containing in its center a nucleus which in turn frequently contains one or more nucleoli, the whole being surrounded by a thin membrane, the cell wall. In some cells, as in those of blood, in the am[oe]ba, and in embryonic cells (both vegetable and animal), there is no restricting cell wall, while in some of the unicelluliar organisms the nucleus is wholly wanting. See Illust. of Bipolar. [1913 Webster] Air cell. See Air cell. Cell development (called also cell genesis, {cell formation}, and cytogenesis), the multiplication, of cells by a process of reproduction under the following common forms; segmentation or fission, gemmation or budding, karyokinesis, and endogenous multiplication. See Segmentation, Gemmation, etc. Cell theory. (Biol.) See Cellular theory, under Cellular. [1913 Webster] Chapman (gcide) Chapman \Chap"man\, n.; pl. Chapmen. [AS. ce['a]pman; ce['a]p trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. k["o]pman, Dan. ki["o]pmand, G. kaufmann.f. Chap to cheapen, and see Cheap.] 1. One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The word of life is a quick commodity, and ought not, as a drug to be obtruded on those chapmen who are unwilling to buy it. --T. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. A peddler; a hawker. [1913 Webster] Chapmen (gcide) Chapman \Chap"man\, n.; pl. Chapmen. [AS. ce['a]pman; ce['a]p trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. k["o]pman, Dan. ki["o]pmand, G. kaufmann.f. Chap to cheapen, and see Cheap.] 1. One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The word of life is a quick commodity, and ought not, as a drug to be obtruded on those chapmen who are unwilling to buy it. --T. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. A peddler; a hawker. [1913 Webster] chipmonk (gcide) Chipmunk \Chip"munk`\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.) A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, {ground squirrel}, hackee. The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus. [Written also chipmonk, chipmuck, and chipmuk.] [1913 Webster] chipmuck (gcide) Chipmunk \Chip"munk`\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.) A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, {ground squirrel}, hackee. The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus. [Written also chipmonk, chipmuck, and chipmuk.] [1913 Webster] chipmuk (gcide) Chipmunk \Chip"munk`\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.) A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, {ground squirrel}, hackee. The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus. [Written also chipmonk, chipmuck, and chipmuk.] [1913 Webster] Chipmunk (gcide) Chipmunk \Chip"munk`\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.) A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, {ground squirrel}, hackee. The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus. [Written also chipmonk, chipmuck, and chipmuk.] [1913 Webster] Cup-moss (gcide) Cup-moss \Cup"-moss`\ (k?p"m?s`; 115), n. (Bot.) A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia. [1913 Webster] Decampment (gcide) Decampment \De*camp"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]campement.] Departure from a camp; a marching off. [1913 Webster] deep-mined (gcide) mined \mined\ adj. extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth. [Narrower terms: deep-mined; exploited; strip-mined] [WordNet 1.5]deep-mined \deep-mined\ adj. taken from an undergrround mine; -- as contrasted with coal obtained from a strip mine; as, deep-mined coal. [WordNet 1.5] Deep-mouthed (gcide) Deep-mouthed \Deep"-mouthed`\, a. Having a loud and sonorous voice. "Deep-mouthed dogs." --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Development (gcide) Development \De*vel"op*ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]veloppement.] [Written also developement.] 1. The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state. [1913 Webster] A new development of imagination, taste, and poetry. --Channing. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. [1913 Webster] 3. (Math.) (a) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning. (b) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mus.) The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive. [1913 Webster] 5. A tract of land on which a number of buildings have been constructed; -- especially used for tract on which from two to hundreds of houses have been constructed by a commercial developer[4] for sale to individuals. [PJC] Development theory (Biol.), the doctrine that animals and plants possess the power of passing by slow and successive stages from a lower to a higher state of organization, and that all the higher forms of life now in existence were thus developed by uniform laws from lower forms, and are not the result of special creative acts. See the Note under Darwinian. Syn: Unfolding; disclosure; unraveling; evolution; elaboration; growth. [1913 Webster] Development theory (gcide) Development \De*vel"op*ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]veloppement.] [Written also developement.] 1. The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state. [1913 Webster] A new development of imagination, taste, and poetry. --Channing. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. [1913 Webster] 3. (Math.) (a) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning. (b) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mus.) The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive. [1913 Webster] 5. A tract of land on which a number of buildings have been constructed; -- especially used for tract on which from two to hundreds of houses have been constructed by a commercial developer[4] for sale to individuals. [PJC] Development theory (Biol.), the doctrine that animals and plants possess the power of passing by slow and successive stages from a lower to a higher state of organization, and that all the higher forms of life now in existence were thus developed by uniform laws from lower forms, and are not the result of special creative acts. See the Note under Darwinian. Syn: Unfolding; disclosure; unraveling; evolution; elaboration; growth. [1913 Webster] Developmental (gcide) Developmental \De*vel`op*men"tal\, a. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ. --Carpenter. [1913 Webster] Dropmeal (gcide) Dropmeal \Drop"meal`\, Dropmele \Drop"mele`\, adv. [AS. drop-m[=ae]lum; dropa drop + m[=ae]l portion. Cf. Piecemeal.] By drops or small portions. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Distilling dropmeal, a little at once. --Holland. [1913 Webster] Dropmele (gcide) Dropmeal \Drop"meal`\, Dropmele \Drop"mele`\, adv. [AS. drop-m[=ae]lum; dropa drop + m[=ae]l portion. Cf. Piecemeal.] By drops or small portions. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Distilling dropmeal, a little at once. --Holland. [1913 Webster] Egg development (gcide) Egg \Egg\ ([e^]g), n. [OE., fr. Icel. egg; akin to AS. [ae]g (whence OE. ey), Sw. [aum]gg, Dan. [ae]g, G. & D. ei, and prob. to OSlav. aje, jaje, L. ovum, Gr. 'w,o`n, Ir. ugh, Gael. ubh, and perh. to L. avis bird. Cf. Oval.] 1. (Popularly) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell. [1913 Webster] 3. Anything resembling an egg in form. [1913 Webster] Note: Egg is used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, egg beater or egg-beater, egg case, egg ladle, egg-shaped, etc. [1913 Webster] Egg and anchor (Arch.), see egg-and-dart in the vocabulary, below; -- called also egg and dart, and {egg and tongue}. See Anchor, n., 5. --Ogilvie. Egg cleavage (Biol.), a process of cleavage or segmentation, by which the egg undergoes endogenous division with formation of a mass of nearly similar cells, from the growth and differentiation of which the new organism is ultimately formed. See {Segmentation of the ovum}, under Segmentation. Egg development (Biol.), the process of the development of an egg, by which the embryo is formed. Egg mite (Zo["o]l.), any mite which devours the eggs of insects, as Nothrus ovivorus, which destroys those of the canker worm. Egg parasite (Zo["o]l.), any small hymenopterous insect, which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other insects. Many genera and species are known. [1913 Webster] Encampment (gcide) Encampment \En*camp"ment\, n. 1. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest. [1913 Webster] 2. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings. [1913 Webster] A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster] A green encampment yonder meets the eye. --Guardian. [1913 Webster] Envelopment (gcide) Envelopment \En*vel"op*ment\, n. [Cf. F. enveloppement.] 1. The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides. [1913 Webster] 2. That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop. [1913 Webster] Enwrapment (gcide) Enwrapment \En*wrap"ment\, n. Act of enwrapping; a wrapping or an envelope. --Shuckford. [1913 Webster] Equipment (gcide) Equipment \E*quip"ment\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]quipement. See Equip.] 1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. --Burke. [1913 Webster] The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt. --Hume. [1913 Webster] 2. Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc.; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments. [1913 Webster] Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] Escarpment (gcide) Escarpment \Es*carp"ment\, n. [Cf. F. escarpement.] A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp. [1913 Webster] Flap-mouthed (gcide) Flap-mouthed \Flap"-mouthed`\, a. Having broad, hanging lips. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Fore topmast (gcide) Fore \Fore\ (f[=o]r), a. [See Fore, adv.] Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon. [1913 Webster] The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed by the fore purpose of the state. --Southey. [1913 Webster] Note: Fore is much used adjectively or in composition. [1913 Webster] Fore bay, a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race. Fore body (Shipbuilding), the part of a ship forward of the largest cross-section, distinguished from middle body and after body. Fore boot, a receptacle in the front of a vehicle, for stowing baggage, etc. Fore bow, the pommel of a saddle. --Knight. Fore cabin, a cabin in the fore part of a ship, usually with inferior accommodations. Fore carriage. (a) The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled vehicle. (b) A small carriage at the front end of a plow beam. Fore course (Naut.), the lowermost sail on the foremost of a square-rigged vessel; the foresail. See Illust. under Sail. Fore door. Same as Front door. Fore edge, the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc. Fore elder, an ancestor. [Prov. Eng.] Fore end. (a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part; the beginning. [1913 Webster] I have . . . paid More pious debts to heaven, than in all The fore end of my time. --Shak. (b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward of the trigger guard, or breech frame. Fore girth, a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a martingale. Fore hammer, a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in time, with the hand hammer. Fore leg, one of the front legs of a quadruped, or multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc. Fore peak (Naut.), the angle within a ship's bows; the portion of the hold which is farthest forward. Fore piece, a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress. Fore plane, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a jack plane and a smoothing plane. --Knight. Fore reading, previous perusal. [Obs.] --Hales. Fore rent, in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is gathered. Fore sheets (Naut.), the forward portion of a rowboat; the space beyond the front thwart. See Stern sheets. Fore shore. (a) A bank in advance of a sea wall, to break the force of the surf. (b) The seaward projecting, slightly inclined portion of a breakwater. --Knight. (c) The part of the shore between high and low water marks. Fore sight, that one of the two sights of a gun which is near the muzzle. Fore tackle (Naut.), the tackle on the foremast of a ship. Fore topmast. (Naut.) See Fore-topmast, in the Vocabulary. Fore wind, a favorable wind. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne. --Sandys. Fore world, the antediluvian world. [R.] --Southey. [1913 Webster] Fore-topmast (gcide) Fore-topmast \Fore`-top"mast\, n. (Naut.) The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast; the mast next above the foremast. See Ship. [1913 Webster] Gripman (gcide) Gripman \Grip"man\, n. The man who manipulates a grip. [1913 Webster] Helpmate (gcide) Helpmate \Help"mate`\, n. [A corruption of the "help meet for him" of --Genesis ii. 18.--Fitzedward Hall.] A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife. [1913 Webster] In Minorca the ass and the hog are common helpmates, and are yoked together in order to turn up the land. --Pennant. [1913 Webster] A waiting woman was generally considered as the most suitable helpmate for a parson. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Helpmeet (gcide) Helpmeet \Help"meet`\, n. [See Helpmate.] A wife; a helpmate. [1913 Webster] The Lord God created Adam, . . . and afterwards, on his finding the want of a helpmeet, caused him to sleep, and took one of his ribs and thence made woman. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster] main-topmast (gcide) main-topmast \main-topmast\ n. the mast next above the mainmast. [WordNet 1.5] mapmaker (gcide) map maker \map" mak*er\, mapmaker \map"mak*er\n. A person who makes maps; a cartographer. [WordNet 1.5] mapmaking (gcide) mapmaking \mapmaking\ n. the making of maps and charts; cartography. Syn: cartography. [WordNet 1.5] midshipman (gcide) Singing \Sing"ing\, a. & n. from Sing, v. [1913 Webster] Singing bird. (Zool.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines. Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. Singing falcon or Singing hawk. (Zool.) See {Chanting falcon}, under Chanting. Singing fish (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys porosissimus}), called also midshipman; -- so called because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder. Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon. Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music. Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in singing. [1913 Webster]Middy \Mid"dy\, n.; pl. Middies. A colloquial abbreviation of midshipman. [1913 Webster]Midshipman \Mid"ship`man\, n.; pl. Midshipmen. [1913 Webster] 1. (a) Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war, whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required. (b) In the English naval service, the second rank attained by a combatant officer after a term of service as naval cadet. Having served three and a half years in this rank, and passed an examination, he is eligible to promotion to the rank of lieutenant. (c) In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being students or graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) An American marine fish of the genus Porichthys, allied to the toadfish; also called singingfish. [1913 Webster] Cadet midshipman, formerly a title distinguishing a cadet line officer from a cadet engineer at the U. S. Naval Academy. See under Cadet. Cadet midshipman, formerly, a naval cadet who had served his time, passed his examinations, and was awaiting promotion; -- now called, in the United States, midshipman; in England, sublieutenant. [1913 Webster] Midshipman (gcide) Singing \Sing"ing\, a. & n. from Sing, v. [1913 Webster] Singing bird. (Zool.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines. Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. Singing falcon or Singing hawk. (Zool.) See {Chanting falcon}, under Chanting. Singing fish (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys porosissimus}), called also midshipman; -- so called because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder. Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon. Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music. Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in singing. [1913 Webster]Middy \Mid"dy\, n.; pl. Middies. A colloquial abbreviation of midshipman. [1913 Webster]Midshipman \Mid"ship`man\, n.; pl. Midshipmen. [1913 Webster] 1. (a) Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war, whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required. (b) In the English naval service, the second rank attained by a combatant officer after a term of service as naval cadet. Having served three and a half years in this rank, and passed an examination, he is eligible to promotion to the rank of lieutenant. (c) In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being students or graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) An American marine fish of the genus Porichthys, allied to the toadfish; also called singingfish. [1913 Webster] Cadet midshipman, formerly a title distinguishing a cadet line officer from a cadet engineer at the U. S. Naval Academy. See under Cadet. Cadet midshipman, formerly, a naval cadet who had served his time, passed his examinations, and was awaiting promotion; -- now called, in the United States, midshipman; in England, sublieutenant. [1913 Webster] midshipman (gcide) Singing \Sing"ing\, a. & n. from Sing, v. [1913 Webster] Singing bird. (Zool.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines. Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. Singing falcon or Singing hawk. (Zool.) See {Chanting falcon}, under Chanting. Singing fish (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys porosissimus}), called also midshipman; -- so called because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder. Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon. Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music. Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in singing. [1913 Webster]Middy \Mid"dy\, n.; pl. Middies. A colloquial abbreviation of midshipman. [1913 Webster]Midshipman \Mid"ship`man\, n.; pl. Midshipmen. [1913 Webster] 1. (a) Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war, whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required. (b) In the English naval service, the second rank attained by a combatant officer after a term of service as naval cadet. Having served three and a half years in this rank, and passed an examination, he is eligible to promotion to the rank of lieutenant. (c) In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being students or graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) An American marine fish of the genus Porichthys, allied to the toadfish; also called singingfish. [1913 Webster] Cadet midshipman, formerly a title distinguishing a cadet line officer from a cadet engineer at the U. S. Naval Academy. See under Cadet. Cadet midshipman, formerly, a naval cadet who had served his time, passed his examinations, and was awaiting promotion; -- now called, in the United States, midshipman; in England, sublieutenant. [1913 Webster]