A first-rate ship of the line.
Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having at least 100 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 850–875, and weighing approximately 2,500 tons burthen.
Superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality.
Something or someone that is the worst.
To outdo or defeat, especially in battle.
Most unfavorable.
Used with the definite article and an implied noun: something that is worst.
Most inferior; doing the least good.
Most harmful or severe.