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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Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc..
Trail :: Trail (n.) Anything drawn along, as a vehicle..
Railing :: Railing (n.) A barrier made of a rail or of rails.
Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like..
Tram :: Tram (n.) A car on a horse railroad.
Pumpkin :: Pumpkin (n.) A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion..
Frail :: Frail (n.) A rush for weaving baskets.
Brail :: Brail (v. t.) To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail..
Tread :: Tread (n.) The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.
Penetrail :: Penetrail (n.) Penetralia.
Snowplough :: Snowplough (n.) An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc..
Cowcatxjer :: Cowcatxjer (n.) A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot..
Gradient :: Gradient (a.) Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad..
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel.
Trail :: Trail (n.) A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail..
Ramp :: Ramp (n.) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction..
Extispicious :: Extispicious (a.) Relating to the inspection of entrails for prognostication.
Aruspex :: Aruspex (n.) One of the class of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans, who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victims offered on the altars of the gods..
Roll :: Roll (v.) One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill; as, to pass rails through the rolls..
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