Definition of rail

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Rail (n.) 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..

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Time-table :: Time-table (n.) A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc..
Grail :: Grail (n.) One of the small feathers of a hawk.
Railingly :: Railingly (adv.) With scoffing or insulting language.
Rail :: Rail (v. t.) To rail at.
Express :: Express (n.) A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier; hence, a regular and fast conveyance; commonly, a company or system for the prompt and safe transportation of merchandise or parcels; also, a railway train for transporting passengers or goods with speed and punctuality..
Pheon :: Pheon (n.) A bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge..
Umbles :: Umbles (n. pl.) The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes, entrails, in general..
Vine :: Vine (n.) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants..
Rail :: Rail (n.) A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling. See Illust. of Style.
Spoor :: Spoor (n.) The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa..
Graal :: Graal (n.) See Grail., a dish..
Detrain :: Detrain (v. i. & t.) To alight, or to cause to alight, from a railway train..
Tram :: Tram (n.) A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore..
Engrailment :: Engrailment (n.) The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc..
Snowshed :: Snowshed (n.) A shelter to protect from snow, esp. a long roof over an exposed part of a railroad..
Jeer :: Jeer (n.) A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
Traction :: Traction (n.) The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like..
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place..
"adam :: Adam (n.) Original sin; human frailty..
Trailing :: Trailing () a. & vb. n. from Trail.
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