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Daker Hen :: Daker hen () The corncrake or land rail.

Traction :: Traction (n.) The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like..

Longitudinal :: Longitudinal (n.) A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.

Parail :: Parail (n.) See Apparel.

Crake :: Crake (n.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.

Post :: Post (n.) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post..

Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing..

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..

Syrphian :: Syrma (n.) A long dress, trailing on the floor, worn by tragic actors in Greek and Roman theaters..

Aruspicy :: Aruspicy (n.) Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice.

Air Brake :: Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air.

Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars..

Plant :: Plant (n.) The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad..

Bull :: Bull (v. t.) To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4..

Eviscerate :: Eviscerate (v. t.) To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut.

Freight :: Freight (n.) That with which anything in fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of cotton; a full freight..

Ginny-carriage :: Ginny-carriage (n.) A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad..

Turntable :: Turntable (n.) A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate..

Blatter :: Blatter (v. i.) To prate; to babble; to rail; to make a senseless noise; to patter.

Cross-tie :: Cross-tie (n.) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place..

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