Definition of rail

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Rail (n.) 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..

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Nombles :: Nombles (n. pl.) The entrails of a deer; the umbles.
Engrail :: Engrail (v. t.) To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.
Water Rail :: Water rail () Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus aquaticus). See Illust. of Rail..
Cancel :: Cancel (v. i.) To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude..
Stanchion :: Stanchion (n.) Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc..
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..
Rail :: 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..
Trestle :: Trestle (n.) A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like..
Baggage Master :: Baggage master () One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.
Waste :: Waste (v.) That which is of no value; worthless remnants; refuse. Specifically: Remnants of cops, or other refuse resulting from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc..
Curve :: Curve (a.) A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal..
Navvy :: Navvy (n.) Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc..
Fusee :: Fusee (n.) A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer..
Brail :: Brail (n.) A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
Metal :: Metal (n.) The rails of a railroad.
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail..
Freelte :: Freelte (n.) Frailty.
Graille :: Graille (n.) A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers..
Weka :: Weka (n.) A New Zealand rail (Ocydromus australis) which has wings so short as to be incapable of flight.
Junction :: "Junction (n.) The place or point of union, meeting, or junction; specifically, the place where two or more lines of railway meet or cross..
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