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noun
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.
EXPANDthe 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 stile2.
9.
COLLAPSESlang. a line of cocaine crystals or powder for inhaling through the nose.
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Railless
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English raile < Old French raille bar, beam < Latin rēgula bar, straight piece of wood, regula
1250–1300; Middle English raile < Old French raille bar, beam < Latin rēgula bar, straight piece of wood, regula
Related forms
rail·less, adjective
rail·like, adjective
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| rail1 (reɪl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a horizontal bar of wood, metal, etc, supported by vertical posts, functioning as a fence, barrier, handrail, etc |
| 2. | a horizontal bar fixed to a wall on which to hang things: a picture rail |
| 3. | Compare stile a horizontal framing member in a door or piece of panelling |
| 4. | short for railing |
| 5. | one of a pair of parallel bars laid on a prepared track, roadway, etc, that serve as a guide and running surface for the wheels of a railway train, tramcar, etc |
| 6. | a. short for railway |
| b. (as modifier): rail transport | |
| 7. | nautical a trim for finishing the top of a bulwark |
| 8. | off the rails |
| a. into or in a state of dysfunction or disorder | |
| b. eccentric or mad | |
| —vb (usually foll by in | |
| 9. | to provide with a rail or railings |
| 10. | to fence (an area) with rails |
| [C13: from Old French raille rod, from Latin rēgula ruler, straight piece of wood] | |
| 'railless1 | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
rail
"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.
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