Definition of rail

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Rail (n.) The stout, narrow plank that forms the top of the bulwarks..

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Mitraille :: Mitraille (n.) Shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon.
Chaff :: Chaff (n.) Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..
Tread :: Tread (n.) The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.
Pennywort :: Pennywort (n.) A European trailing herb (Linaria Cymbalaria) with roundish, reniform leaves. It is often cultivated in hanging baskets..
Equipment :: Equipment (n.) Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments..
Car Wheel :: Car wheel () A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.
Limpkin :: Limpkin (n.) Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (A. giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (A. scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, and crying bird..
Navvy :: Navvy (n.) Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc..
Locomotive :: Locomotive (n.) A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix..
Durometer :: Durometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the like..
Hanch :: Hanch () A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway..
Shin :: Shin (n.) A fish plate for rails.
Entrail :: Entrail (n.) Entanglement; fold.
Sangreal :: Sangreal (n.) See Holy Grail, under Grail..
Poraille :: Poraille (n.) Poor people; the poor.
Pale :: Pale (n.) A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket..
Inside :: Inside (n.) The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings..
Frail :: Frail (superl) Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
Raillery :: Raillery (n.) Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment.
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