Providing guidance or direction.
Occurring in advance; preceding.
Ranking first.
Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.
An act by which one is led or guided.
A second-rate ship of the line.
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.
Of mediocre quality; not first-rate.