[reyl] 
| 1. | a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing. |
| 2. | a fence; railing. |
| 3. | one of two fences marking the inside and outside boundaries of a racetrack. |
| 4. | one of a pair of steel bars that provide the running surfaces for the wheels of locomotives and railroad cars. |
| 5. | the railroad as a means of transportation: to travel by rail. |
| 6. | rails, stocks or bonds of railroad companies. |
| 7. | Nautical. a horizontal member capping a bulwark. |
| 8. | Carpentry, Furniture. any of various horizontal members framing panels or the like, as in a system of paneling, paneled door, window sash, or chest of drawers. Compare stile 2 . |
| 9. | Slang. a line of cocaine crystals or powder for inhaling through the nose. |
| 10. | to furnish or enclose with a rail or rails. |
[reyl] | 1. | to utter bitter complaint or vehement denunciation (often fol. by at or against): to rail at fate. |
| 2. | to bring, force, etc., by railing. |
[reyl] | any of numerous birds of the family Rallidae, that have short wings, a narrow body, long toes, and a harsh cry and inhabit grasslands, forests, and marshes in most parts of the world. |
| rail 1 (rāl) n.
To supply or enclose with rails or a rail. [Middle English raile, from Old French reille, from Latin rēgula, straight piece of wood, ruler; see reg- in Indo-European roots.] |
| rail 2 (rāl) n. Any of various marsh birds of the family Rallidae, characteristically having brownish plumage and short wings adapted only for short flights. [Middle English raile, from Old French raale, perhaps from Old French raler, racler, to scrape, from Old Provençal rasclar; see raclette.] |
| rail 3 (rāl) intr.v. railed, rail·ing, rails To express objections or criticisms in bitter, harsh, or abusive language. See Synonyms at scold. [Middle English railen, from Old French railler, to tease, joke, from Old Provençal ralhar, to chat, joke, from Vulgar Latin *ragulāre, to bray, from Late Latin ragere.] rail'er n. |
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RAIL robotics
Automatix. High-level language for industrial robots.
(2006-11-10)