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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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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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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 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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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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One of the rails of a tramway.
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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 rails of a railroad.
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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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The permanent way; the rails.
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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 rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.
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A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc.
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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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Pertaining to the rails.
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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 a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, 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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A fish plate for rails.
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