Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - rail
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a level or sloping bar or series of bars: a used to hang things on. b running along the top of a set of banisters. c forming part of a fence or barrier as protection against contact, falling over, etc. 2 a steel bar or continuous line of bars laid on the ground, usu. as one of a pair forming a railway track. 3 (often attrib.) a railway (send it by rail; rail fares). 4 (in pl.) the inside boundary fence of a racecourse. 5 a horizontal piece in the frame of a panelled door etc. (cf. STILE(2)). --v.tr. 1 furnish with a rail or rails. 2 (usu. foll. by in, off) enclose with rails (a small space was railed off). 3 convey (goods) by rail. Phrases and idioms off the rails disorganized; out of order; deranged. over the rails over the side of a ship. rail fence esp. US a fence made of posts and rails. rail gun an electromagnetic projectile launcher used esp. as an anti-missile weapon. Derivatives railage n. railless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF reille iron rod f. L regula RULE 2. v.intr. (often foll. by at, against) complain using abusive language; rant. Derivatives railer n. railing n. & adj. Etymology: ME f. F railler f. Prov. ralhar jest, ult. f. L rugire bellow 3. n. any bird of the family Rallidae, often inhabiting marshes, esp. the corncrake and water rail. Etymology: ME f. ONF raille f. Rmc, perh. imit.
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I. noun see: rule Date: 14th century 1. a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier, a structural member or support, 2. ~ing 1, a light structure serving as a guard at the outer edge of a ship's deck, a fence bounding a racetrack, 3. a bar of rolled steel forming a track for wheeled vehicles, track, ~road, II. transitive verb Date: 14th century to provide with a ~ing ; fence, III. noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Middle French raalle Date: 15th century any of numerous wading birds (family Rallidae, the ~ family) that are of small or medium size and have short rounded wings, a short tail, and usually very long toes which enable them to run on the soft mud of marshes, IV. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French ~ler to mock, probably from Old French reillier to growl, mutter, from Vulgar Latin *ragulare to bray, from Late Latin ragere to neigh Date: 15th century to revile or scold in harsh, insolent, or abusive language, see: scold ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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