English Dictionary: Rohlederproduktion | by the DICT Development Group |
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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. 2. (Arch.) A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling. See Illust. of {Style}. 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. 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. {Rail fence}. See under {Fence}. {Rail guard}. (a) A device attached to the front of a locomotive on each side for clearing the rail 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. | |
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Relater \Re*lat"er\ (-?r), n. One who relates or narrates. | |
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Relator \Re*lat"or\ (r?-l?t"?r), n. [ L.: cf. F. relateur. See {Relate}.] 1. One who relates; a relater. [bd]The several relators of this history.[b8] --Fuller. 2. (Law) A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed. | |
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Relatrix \Re*lat"rix\ (-r?ks), n. [L.] (Law) A female relator. | |
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Train \Train\, n. [F. train, OF. tra[8b]n, trahin; cf. (for some of the senses) F. traine. See {Train}, v.] 1. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement. [Obs.] [bd]Now to my charms, and to my wily trains.[b8] --Milton. 2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare. --Halliwell. With cunning trains him to entrap un wares. --Spenser. 3. That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear. Specifically : (a) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer. (b) (Mil.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail. (c) The tail of a bird. [bd]The train steers their flights, and turns their bodies, like the rudder of ship.[b8] --Ray. 4. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite. The king's daughter with a lovely train. --Addison. My train are men of choice and rarest parts. --Shak. 5. A consecution or succession of connected things; a series. [bd]A train of happy sentiments.[b8] --I. Watts. The train of ills our love would draw behind it. --Addison. Rivers now Stream and perpetual draw their humid train. --Milton. Other truths require a train of ideas placed in order. --Locke. 6. Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement. If things were once in this train, . . . our duty would take root in our nature. --Swift. 7. The number of beats of a watch in any certain time. 8. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like. 9. A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad. 10. A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like. 11. (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train. {Roll train}, [or] {Train of rolls} (Rolling Mill), a set of plain or grooved rolls for rolling metal into various forms by a series of consecutive operations. {Train mile} (Railroads), a unit employed in estimating running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of miles run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads, as within a given time, or for a given expenditure; -- called also {mile run}. {Train of artillery}, any number of cannon, mortars, etc., with the attendants and carriages which follow them into the field. --Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.). {Train of mechanism}, a series of moving pieces, as wheels and pinions, each of which is follower to that which drives it, and driver to that which follows it. {Train road}, a slight railway for small cars, -- used for construction, or in mining. {Train tackle} (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and out. Syn: Cars. Usage: {Train}, {Cars}. Train is the word universally used in England with reference to railroad traveling; as, I came in the morning train. In the United States, the phrase the cars has been extensively introduced in the room of train; as, the cars are late; I came in the cars. The English expression is obviously more appropriate, and is prevailing more and more among Americans, to the exclusion of the cars. | |
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Royal \Roy"al\, a. [OE. roial, riall, real, OF. roial. reial, F. royal, fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See {Rich}, and cf. {regal}, {real} a coin, {Rial}.] 1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state. 2. Noble; generous; magnificent; princely. How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio? --Shak. 3. Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society. {Battle royal}. See under {Battle}. {Royal bay} (Bot.), the classic laurel ({Laurus nobilis}.) {Royal eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Golden eagle}, under {Golden}. {Royal fern} (Bot.), the handsome fern {Osmunda regalis}. See {Osmund}. {Royal mast} (Naut.), the mast next above the topgallant mast and usually the highest on a square-rigged vessel. The royal yard and royal sail are attached to the royal mast. {Royal metal}, an old name for gold. {Royal palm} (Bot.), a magnificent West Indian palm tree ({Oreodoxa regia}), lately discovered also in Florida. {Royal pheasant}. See {Curassow}. {Royal purple}, an intense violet color, verging toward blue. {Royal tern} (Zo[94]l.), a large, crested American tern ({Sterna maxima}). {Royal tiger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tiger}. {Royal touch}, the touching of a diseased person by the hand of a king, with the view of restoring to health; -- formerly extensively practiced, particularly for the scrofula, or king's evil. Syn: Kingly; regal; monarchical; imperial; kinglike; princely; august; majestic; superb; splendid; illustrious; noble; magnanimous. |