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Rail

noun

1.

A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports. Synonym: railing.

2.

Short for railway. "He was concerned with rail safety"

3.

A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll. Synonyms: rails, runway, track.

4.

A horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal).

5.

Any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud.

verb

(past & past part. railed; pres. part. railing)

1.

Complain bitterly. Synonym: inveigh.

2.

Enclose with rails. Synonym: rail in.

3.

Provide with rails.

4.

Separate with a railing. Synonym: rail off.

5.

Convey (goods etc.) by rails.

6.

Travel by rail or train. Synonym: train. "She trained to Hamburg"

7.

Lay with rails.

8.

Fish with a handline over the rails of a boat.

9.

Spread negative information about. Synonyms: revile, vilify, vituperate.

10.

Criticize severely. Synonym: fulminate. "She railed against the bad social policies"

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"Rail" Quotes from Famous Books

... except room, heat and water (and the heat costs extra); there is no sanitation for any one at any price; every guest dumps all his discarded rubbish over the balcony rail into the courtyard, to be trodden and wheeled under foot and help build the aroma. But the guests provide a picture without price that with the very first glimpse ...

— The Eye of Zeitoon • Talbot Mundy

... speech, came to take the place of the tandem. The engine of these men of the North was much smaller than the others, but her cab was much larger, and would be a fair shelter on a stormy night. They had also built seats with hooks by which they hang them to the rail, and thus are still enabled to see through the round windows without dislocating their necks. All the human parts of the cab were covered with oilcloth. The wind that swirled from the dim twilight horizon made the warm glow from the furnace to be a ...

— Men, Women, and Boats • Stephen Crane

... King!" he thundered, and with that loyal music in his ears the King followed Brilliana down the great staircase over which the carven angels kept watch and ward. Halfman, leaning over the rail-way, saw the pair pass through the hall, then he turned and entered the apartment that Charles had left, and stood there, ...

— The Lady of Loyalty House - A Novel • Justin Huntly McCarthy

... like the dogs who meet in the street, and it is impossible to conjecture whether the mutual scenting will be followed up by a growl or a wag of the tail; however, one remark will soon discover the political sentiments of the whole party. Should they all agree, they are so busy in abuse that they rail at their adversaries with their mouths full—should they disagree, they dispute so vehemently that they forget that they were invited to dinner, and the dishes are removed untasted, and the duties of the Amphytryon become a sinecure. Go to an evening party or a ball and ...

— Olla Podrida • Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)

... disappeared as if he had never been. It was given out that he had either thrown himself overboard or fallen overboard in the heavy weather that we were having. Only one man knew what had happened to him, and that was me, for with my own eyes I saw the skipper tip up his heels and put him over the rail in the middle watch of a dark night, two days before we sighted the ...

— The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Magazine Edition • Arthur Conan Doyle

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