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Rail
Rail Rail, n.
A railroad as a means of transportation; as, to go by rail; a
place not accesible by rail.
Rail
Rail Rail, n. [OE. reil, re[yogh]el, AS. hr[ae]gel, hr[ae]gl a
garment; akin to OHG. hregil, OFries. hreil.]
An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.
--Fairholt.
Rail
Rail Rail, v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.]
To flow forth; to roll out; to course. [Obs.]
Streams of tears from her fair eyes forth railing.
--Spenser.
RailRail Rail, n. [Akin to LG. & Sw. regel bar, bolt, G. riegel a
rail, bar, or bolt, OHG, rigil, rigel, bar, bolt, and
possibly to E. row a line.]
1. A bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so,
extending from one post or support to another, as in
fences, balustrades, staircases, etc.
2. (Arch.) A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling. See
Illust. of Style.
3. (Railroad) A bar of steel or iron, forming part of the
track on which the wheels roll. It is usually shaped with
reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by
chairs, splices, etc.
4. (Naut.)
(a) The stout, narrow plank that forms the top of the
bulwarks.
(b) The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at
the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such
protection is needed.
Rail fence. See under Fence.
Rail guard.
(a) A device attached to the front of a locomotive on each
side for clearing the rail obstructions.
(b) A guard rail. See under Guard.
Rail joint (Railroad), a splice connecting the adjacent
ends of rails, in distinction from a chair, which is
merely a seat. The two devices are sometimes united. Among
several hundred varieties, the fish joint is standard. See
Fish joint, under Fish.
Rail train (Iron & Steel Manuf.), a train of rolls in a
rolling mill, for making rails for railroads from blooms
or billets. RailRail Rail, v. i. [F. railler; cf. Sp. rallar to grate, scrape,
molest; perhaps fr. (assumed) LL. radiculare, fr. L. radere
to scrape, grate. Cf. Rally to banter, Rase.]
To use insolent and reproachful language; to utter
reproaches; to scoff; followed by at or against, formerly by
on. --Shak.
And rail at arts he did not understand. --Dryden.
Lesbia forever on me rails. --Swift. RailRail Rail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Railed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Railing.]
1. To inclose with rails or a railing.
It ought to be fenced in and railed. --Ayliffe.
2. To range in a line. [Obs.]
They were brought to London all railed in ropes,
like a team of horses in a cart. --Bacon. Rail
Rail Rail, v. t.
1. To rail at. [Obs.] --Feltham.
2. To move or influence by railing. [R.]
Rail the seal from off my bond. --Shak.
RailRail Rail, n. [F. r[^a]le, fr. r[^a]ler to have a rattling in
the throat; of German origin, and akin to E. rattle. See
Rattle, v.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family
Rallid[ae], especially those of the genus Rallus, and of
closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds.
Note: The common European water rail (Rallus aquaticus) is
called also bilcock, skitty coot, and brook
runner. The best known American species are the
clapper rail, or salt-marsh hen (Rallus lonqirostris,
var. crepitans); the king, or red-breasted, rail (R.
elegans) (called also fresh-water marshhen); the
lesser clapper, or Virginia, rail (R. Virginianus);
and the Carolina, or sora, rail (Porzana Carolina).
See Sora.
Land rail (Zo["o]l.), the corncrake.
Meaning of Rails from wikipedia
- Look up rail or
rails in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rail or
rails may
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under the MIT License.
Rails is a model–view–controller...
- and India), is the
structure on a
railway or
railroad consisting of the
rails, fasteners,
railroad ties (sleepers,
British English) and
ballast (or slab...
- The
Rails is an
English folk rock duo from London, England,
composed of
husband and wife
James Walbourne and Kami Thompson.
Thompson and
Walbourne first...
- Off the
Rails may
refer to: Off the
Rails (1921 film), a
German silent drama film Off the
Rails (2016 film), an
American do****entary film
about Darius...
- The
Battle of the
Rails (French: La
Bataille du rail) is a 1946
French war film
directed by René Clément. It
depicts the
efforts by
railway workers in...
- to
honor distinguished persons. Today, the crew are
stationed along the
rails and
superstructure of a ship when
honors are rendered. The
United States...
- In rail transport,
guard rails or
check rails are
rails used in the
construction of the track,
placed parallel to
regular running rail to keep the wheels...
-
NIMBY Rails is a
railway simulation game
developed by
Carlos Carrasco. The game
involves developing a
railway network on an in-game map
based on the real...
-
Rails & Ties is a 2007
American drama film
directed by
Alison Eastwood and
written by
Micky Levy. It
tells the
story of a
young boy and his mentally-ill...
