Definition of next

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Next (superl.) Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an infant..

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Cincture :: Cincture (n.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column..
Seventh :: Seventh (n.) One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.
Obverse :: Obverse (a.) Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf..
Sophomore :: Sophomore (n.) One belonging to the second of the four classes in an American college, or one next above a freshman..
Squire :: Squire (n.) A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire..
Evergreen :: Evergreen (a.) Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like..
Proxime :: Proxime (a.) Next; immediately preceding or following.
Razee :: Razee (v. t.) An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate..
Colonel :: Colonel (n.) The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
Devolve :: Devolve (v. i.) To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over or down; -- generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or into; as, after the general fell, the command devolved upon (or on) the next officer in rank..
Vestibule :: Vestibule (n.) The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.
Vavasor :: Vavasor (n.) The vassal or tenant of a baron; one who held under a baron, and who also had tenants under him; one in dignity next to a baron; a title of dignity next to a baron..
Stifled :: Stifle (n.) The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse..
Topmast :: Topmast (n.) The second mast, or that which is next above the lower mast, and below the topgallant mast..
Mars :: Mars (n.) One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about 4,200 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000 miles. It is conspicuous for the redness of its light..
Pythiad :: Pythiad (n.) The period intervening between one celebration of the Pythian games and the next.
Second :: Second (n.) The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it.
Last :: Last (a.) Next before the present; as, I saw him last week..
Corporal :: Corporal (n.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels..
Viscount :: Viscount (a.) A nobleman of the fourth rank, next in order below an earl and next above a baron; also, his degree or title of nobility. See Peer, n., 3..
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