Definition of rail

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Rail (v.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family Rallidae, especially those of the genus Rallus, and of closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds..

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Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame..
Taffrail :: Taffrail (n.) The upper part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship's stern..
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid..
Peak :: Peak (n.) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc..
Track :: Track (v. t.) To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow..
Trailer :: Trailer (n.) A part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object; as, the trailer of a plant..
Daggle :: Daggle (v. i.) To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle..
Aboard :: Aboard (adv.) On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car..
Frail :: Frail (n.) The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail..
Trail :: Trail (n.) Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.
Trail :: Trail (v. t.) To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat..
Railing :: Railing (n.) Rails in general; also, material for making rails..
Lowry :: Lowry (n.) An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry.
Curve :: Curve (a.) A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal..
Lorry :: Lorry (n.) A small cart or wagon, as those used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish; also, a barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations..
Raillery :: Raillery (n.) Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment.
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel.
Chitterling :: Chitterling (n.) The frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed out resembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings..
Turntable :: Turntable (n.) A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate..
Static :: Stathmograph (n.) A contrivance for recording the speed of a railway train.
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