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Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus aquaticus). See Illust. of Rail.
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In railroads, the bed or foundation on which the superstructure (ties, rails, etc.) rests; in common roads, the whole material laid in place and ready for travel.
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To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.
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One of the rails of a tramway.
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A fish plate for rails.
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A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car.
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One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
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A valuable kind of wood obtained on the shores of the Demerara River in South America, much used for timbers, rails, naves and fellies of wheels, and the like.
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To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc.
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A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.
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Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc.
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To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
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One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece.
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One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill; as, to pass rails through the rolls.
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A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore.
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The permanent way; the rails.
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The rails of a railroad.
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A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc.
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Pertaining to the rails.
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To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars.
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