disrate

Example Sentences

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Must be minded, or it’s rank mutiny, and a disrate.

From Menhardoc by Staniland, C.J.

As they're not sailors, I mean to disrate them to boys at five dollars a month.

From The Grain Ship by Robertson, Morgan

“I appreciate your feeling, my lad,” he answered; “but even if he does return I won’t disrate you, and I will see how we can best manage to get you an outfit.”

From Won from the Waves by Greene, John B.

It is obvious, too, that if giving a man a higher rating be a source of encouragement, to disrate him may readily be used as a means of punishment.

From The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels by Hall, Basil

They gave their services for nothing, and the only way in which we could repay them was to select two chief Petty Officers from their number, disrate them, and take them Poleward as ordinary seamen.

From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron