in maritime affairs, a great officer who commands the naval forces of a kingdom or state.

High Admiral, in the law of Scotland, a judge invested with supreme jurisdiction in all maritime causes within Scotland. See Law, title, Supreme judges, and courts of Scotland.

Admiral also denotes the commander in chief of a single fleet or squadron; or, in general, any flag-officer whatever. In the British navy, besides the admiral who commands in chief, there are the vice-admiral, who commands the second squadron; and the rear-admiral, who commands the third. The admiral carries his flag at the main-top-mast-head; the vice-admiral at the fore-top-mast-head; and the rear-admiral at the mizen-top-mast-head. See Flag.

Vice-Admiral likewise denotes an officer invested with the jurisdiction of an admiral, within a certain district. There are a number of such in G. Britain. ADMIRAL is also an appellation given to the most considerable ship of a fleet of merchant-men, or of the vessels employed in the cod-fishery of Newfoundland. This last has the privilege of choosing what place he pleases on the shore to dry his fish; gives proper orders, and appoints the fishing places to those who come after him; and as long as the fishing-season continues, he carries a flag on his main-mast.

in zoology, the English name of a species of the voluta, a shell fish belonging to the order of vermes tellacea. See VOLUTA.

High Court of ADMIRALTY, in Scotland, the court in which the high-admiral is judge. See ADMIRAL.