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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Frail :: Frail (superl) Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women..
King :: King (n.) One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts..
Inrail :: Inrail (v. t.) To rail in; to inclose or surround, as with rails..
Boom :: Boom (v. t.) To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a boom for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator..
Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market..
Engrail :: Engrail (v. t.) To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.
Transcontinental :: Transcontinental (a.) Extending or going across a continent; as, a transcontinental railroad or journey..
Buffet :: Buffet (n.) A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering..
Continuous :: Continuous (a.) Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity..
Capping Plane :: Capping plane () A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails.
Rail :: Rail (v. t.) To inclose with rails or a railing.
Snowplough :: Snowplough (n.) An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc..
Alignment :: Alignment (n.) The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile..
Bolster :: Bolster (n.) The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.
Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..
Introit :: Introit (n.) A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar..
Rail :: Rail (v. t.) To rail at.
Engrailment :: Engrailment (n.) Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary..
Derailment :: Derailment (n.) The act of going off, or the state of being off, the rails of a railroad..
Traffic :: Traffic (v.) The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried..
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