Definition of rail

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

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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..
Grail :: Grail (n.) A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.
Delitigate :: Delitigate (v. i.) To chide; to rail heartily.
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..
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..
Drail :: Drail (v. t. & i.) To trail; to draggle.
Courlan :: Courlan (n.) A South American bird, of the genus Aramus, allied to the rails..
Conviciate :: Conviciate (v. i.) To utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail.
Chair :: Chair (n.) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
Engrail :: Engrail (v. t.) To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.
Touch :: Touch (v.) A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof..
Balustrade :: Balustrade (n.) A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building..
Viticulose :: Viticulose (a.) Having long and slender trailing stems.
Arterial :: Arterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a main channel (resembling an artery), as a river, canal, or railroad..
Siding :: Siding (n.) A side track, as a railroad; a turnout..
Term :: Term (n.) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine..
Daggle :: Daggle (v. t.) To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten..
Extispicious :: Extispicious (a.) Relating to the inspection of entrails for prognostication.
Knotwort :: Knotwort (n.) A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus Illecebrum (I. verticillatum)..
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