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rail

2  [reyl]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to utter bitter complaint or vehement denunciation (often fol. by at or against): to rail at fate.
–verb (used with object)
2. to bring, force, etc., by railing.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME railen < MF railler to deride < Pr ralhar to chatter < VL *ragulāre, deriv. of LL ragere to bray

Related forms:
railer, noun
rail⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. fulminate, inveigh, castigate, rant, revile.
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
line

  1. n.
    a story or argument; a story intended to seduce someone. (See also lines.) : Don't feed me that line. Do you think I was born yesterday?
  2. n.
    and rail. a dose of finely cut cocaine arranged in a line, ready for insufflation or snorting. : Let's you and me go do some lines, okay? , The addict usually “snorts” one or two of these “rails” with some sort of a tube.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

rail  (v.)
"complain," 1460, from M.Fr. railler "to tease or joke" (15c.), perhaps from O.Prov. ralhar "scoff, to chat, to joke," from V.L. *ragulare "to bray" (cf. It. ragghiare "to bray"), from L.L. ragere "to roar," probably of imitative origin. See rally (2). Raillery "good-humored ridicule" is from 1653.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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