Definition of rail

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Rail (v. i.) To use insolent and reproachful language; to utter reproaches; to scoff; -- followed by at or against, formerly by on..

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Banter :: Banter (n.) The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.
Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc..
Trail :: Trail (v. t.) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
Rag :: Rag (v. t.) To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
Frail :: Frail (superl) Tender.
Running :: Running (a.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail..
Gip :: Gip (v. t.) To take out the entrails of (herrings).
Booking Clerk :: Booking clerk () A clerk who registers passengers, baggage, etc., for conveyance, as by railway or steamship, or who sells passage tickets at a booking office..
Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market..
Itemize :: Itemize (v. t.) To state in items, or by particulars; as, to itemize the cost of a railroad..
Board :: Board (n.) To enter, as a railway car..
Train :: Train (v.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
Check :: Check (n.) A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad..
Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard..
Gallinule :: Gallinule (n.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule
Bearberry :: Bearberry (n.) A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond..
Grail :: Grail (n.) A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy Grail..
Cut :: Cut (n.) A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad..
Derailing :: Derailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Derai.
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