[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rail \rail\ r=al, n. oe. reil, reyoghel, as. hraegel,
   hraegl, a garment; akin to ohg. hregil, ofries. hreil.
   an outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.
   --fairholt.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rail \rail\, v. i. etymol. uncertain.
   to flow forth; to roll out; to course. obs.
   1913 webster

         streams of tears from her fair eyes forth railing.
                                                  --spenser.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rail \rail\, n. akin to lg.  sw. regel bar, bolt, g. riegel a
   rail, bar, or bolt, ohg. rigil, rigel, bar, bolt, and
   possibly to e. row a line.
   1. a bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so,
      extending from one post or support to another, as in
      fences, balustrades, staircases, etc.
      1913 webster

   2. arch. a horizontal piece in a frame or paneling. see
      illust. of style.
      1913 webster

   3. railroad a bar of steel or iron, forming part of the
      track on which the wheels roll. it is usually shaped with
      reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by
      chairs, splices, etc.
      1913 webster

   4. naut.
      a the stout, narrow plank that forms the top of the
          bulwarks.
      b the light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at
          the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such
          protection is needed.
          1913 webster

   5. a railroad as a means of transportation; as, to go by
      rail; a place not accesible by rail.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   6. a railing.
      pjc

   rail fence. see under fence.

   rail guard.
      a a device attached to the front of a locomotive on each
          side for clearing the rail of obstructions.
      b a guard rail. see under guard.

   rail joint railroad, a splice connecting the adjacent
      ends of rails, in distinction from a chair, which is
      merely a seat. the two devices are sometimes united. among
      several hundred varieties, the fish joint is standard. see
      fish joint, under fish.

   rail train iron  steel manuf., a train of rolls in a
      rolling mill, for making rails for railroads from blooms
      or billets.
      1913 webster
see also:
style rail fence fence rail guard guard rail joint 
fish joint fish rail train 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rail \rail\, v. i. f. railler; cf. sp. rallar to grate, scrape,
   molest; perhaps fr. assumed ll. radiculare, fr. l. radere
   to scrape, grate. cf. rally to banter, rase.
   to use insolent and reproachful language; to utter
   reproaches; to scoff; -- followed by at or against, formerly
   by on. --shak.
   1913 webster

         and rail at arts he did not understand.  --dryden.
   1913 webster

         lesbia forever on me rails.              --swift.
   1913 webster
see also:
rally rase 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rail \rail\, v. t. imp.  p. p. railed r=ald; p. pr. 
   vb. n. railing.
   1. to inclose with rails or a railing.
      1913 webster

            it ought to be fenced in and railed.  --ayliffe.
      1913 webster

   2. to range in a line. obs.
      1913 webster

            they were brought to london all railed in ropes,
            like a team of horses in a cart.      --bacon.
      1913 webster
see also:
railed railing 

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rail \rail\ r=al, v. t.
   1. to rail at. obs. --feltham.
      1913 webster

   2. to move or influence by railing. r.
      1913 webster

            rail the seal from off my bond.       --shak.
      1913 webster

[7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rail \rail\, n. f. r^ale, fr. r^aler to have a rattling in
   the throat; of german origin, and akin to e. rattle. see
   rattle, v. zool.
   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.
   1913 webster

   note: the common european water rail rallus aquaticus is
         called also bilcock, skitty coot, and brook
         runner. the best known american species are the
         clapper rail, or salt-marsh hen rallus longirostris,
         var. crepitans; the king, or red-breasted, rail
         rallus elegans called also fresh-water
         marshhen; the lesser clapper, or virginia, rail
         rallus virginianus; and the carolina, or sora, rail
         porzana carolina. see sora.
         1913 webster

   land rail zool., the corncrake.
      1913 webster
see also:
rattle rallidae rallus rallus aquaticus bilcock skitty coot 
brook runner rallus longirostris rallus elegans fresh-water marshhen rallus virginianus 
porzana carolina sora land rail 

[8] : WordNet (r) 2.0

rail
     n 1: a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports syn:
          railing
     2: short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned
        with rail safety"
     3: a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which
        vehicles can roll syn: track, rails
     4: a horizontal bar usually of wood
     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
     v 1: complain bitterly syn: inveigh
     2: enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves" syn: rail in
     3: provide with rails; "the yard was railed"
     4: separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the
        presidential palace" syn: rail off
     5: convey goods etc. by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from
        italy to belgium"
     6: travel by rail or train; "they railed from rome to venice";
        "she trained to hamburg" syn: train
     7: lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"
     8: fish with a hand-line over the rails of a boat; "they are
        railing for fresh fish"
     9: spread negative information about; "the nazi propaganda
        vilified the jews" syn: vilify, revile, vituperate
     10: criticize severely; "he fulminated against the republicans'
         plan to cut medicare"; "she railed against the bad social
         policies" syn: fulminate
see also:
railing track rails inveigh rail in rail off 
train vilify revile vituperate fulminate 

[9] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

134 moby thesaurus words for "rail":
   l, attack, baluster, balustrade, banister, bar, barrier, bawl out,
   berate, bottle up, boundary, box up, branch, bulkhead in,
   cable railway, cage, censure, check, chew out, cloister,
   cog railway, condemn, confine, constrain, coop, coop in, coop up,
   cork up, crib, criticize, decry, denounce, detain, el,
   electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, embankment, encage,
   enclose, feeder, feeder line, fence, fence in, fulminate,
   gravity-operated railway, gruel, handrail, hedge, hem, hem in,
   hold, hold in custody, hold in restraint, horse railway, immure,
   impound, inhibit, jaw, junction, keep in, keep in custody,
   keep in detention, lath, light railroad, line, main line,
   mere shadow, metro, mew, mew up, monorail, pale, palisade, paper,
   pen, pen up, picket, pound, rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway,
   rail in, rail line, railing, railroad, railway, rake, rate,
   restrain, restrict, revile, roadbed, roadway, rod, scold, seal up,
   shackle, shadow, shaving, shut in, shut up, sidetrack, siding,
   skeleton, slat, slip, soup, splinter, stone wall, streak,
   street railway, streetcar line, subway, switchback, terminal,
   terminus, tongue-lash, track, tram, tramline, trestle,
   trolley line, trunk, trunk line, tube, turnout, underground,
   upbraid, vein, vituperate, vociferate, wafer, wall, wall in

[10] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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