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| railing | |
| 1. n. A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports. |  |
| During the war, everyone's railings were taken away to make bombers. | |
| rail | |
| 1. n. A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing. | |
| 2. n. The metal bar that makes the track for a railroad. | |
| 3. n. A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation. | |
| We travelled to the seaside by rail. | |
| a small Scottish village not accessible by rail | |
| 4. n. A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window. | |
| 5. n. (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard. | |
| 6. n. (internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page. | |
| We're experimenting with ads in the right-hand rail. | |
| 7. n. (drugs) A large line. | |
| 8. v. (intransitive) To travel by railway. | |
| 9. v. To enclose with rails or a railing. | |
| 10. v. To range in a line. | |
| 11. n. wikispecies, Rallidae | |
| 12. n. Any of several birds in the family Rallidae. | |
| 13. v. To complain violently (against, about). | |
| 14. n. (obsolete) An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress. | |
| 15. n. (obsolete) Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief. | |
| 16. v. (obsolete, of a liquid) To gush, flow. | |
