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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 Basil Hall

Owner can fire captain but only captain can fire or disrate ship's officers.

From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne

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 Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Baron Mountevans

I disrate you on account of your unfitness for the post, and you will now return to your former rating, as I have restored your name to the list of the crew.

From The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea by J. Schonberg

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

From The Grain Ship by Morgan Robertson

You will be disrated, Corporal Jim, and Lieutenant Earle, in order to reward Bob for carrying tales and to encourage him to carry more, will give him your place.

From George at the Fort Life Among the Soldiers by Harry Castlemon

I would be disrated and go before the mast to-morrow, to be shown the way upward again by such a guide. 

From Perils of Certain English Prisoners by Charles Dickens

The office was accepted with alacrity; but in a few minutes he too ran us into a worse difficulty than his predecessor ever did, and was at once disrated amidst the derision of his comrades.

From A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 by David Livingstone

"But" said he, "I must bargain they shall be disrated if they attempt to reason."

From Hard Cash by Charles Reade

I said; "you are no longer captain of the foretop, you are disrated on the ship's books."

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

The disrating had been largely due to the second officer, who did not hesitate to ask the fellow in what capacity he saw him now.

From Denis Dent A Novel by Ernest W. Hornung

We believe you to be a clever first mate, otherwise Captain Kendall would not have dug you up out of the forecastle; and believing this, naturally we dislike the thought of disrating you.

From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne

I don't mean he'd think of disrating you, Cap'n Sears.

From Fair Harbor by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

It was worse than tyranny, I thought, this arbitrary conduct in disrating me unjustly!

From On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story by William Heysham Overend