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Railed
(gcide) | Rail \Rail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Railed (r[=a]ld); p. pr. &
vb. n. Railing.]
1. To inclose with rails or a railing.
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It ought to be fenced in and railed. --Ayliffe.
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2. To range in a line. [Obs.]
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They were brought to London all railed in ropes,
like a team of horses in a cart. --Bacon.
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Derailed
(gcide) | Derail \De*rail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derailed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Derailing.]
To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a
locomotive. --Lardner.
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Engrailed
(gcide) | Engrailed \En*grailed"\, a. (Her.)
Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure,
bend, or the like.
[1913 Webster]Engrail \En*grail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrailed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Engrailing.] [F. engr[^e]ler; pref. en- (L. in) +
gr[^e]le hail. See Grail gravel.]
1. To variegate or spot, as with hail.
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A caldron new engrailed with twenty hues. --Chapman.
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2. (Her.) To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.
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Inrailed
(gcide) | Inrail \In*rail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inrailed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Inrailing.]
To rail in; to inclose or surround, as with rails. --Hooker.
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Trailed
(gcide) | Trail \Trail\ (tr[=a]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trailed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Trailing.] [OE. trailen, OF. trailler to trail a
deer, or hunt him upon a cold scent, also, to hunt or pursue
him with a limehound, F. trailler to trail a fishing line;
probably from a derivative of L. trahere to draw; cf. L.
traha a drag, sledge, tragula a kind of drag net, a small
sledge, Sp. trailla a leash, an instrument for leveling the
ground, D. treilen to draw with a rope, to tow, treil a rope
for drawing a boat. See Trace, v. t.]
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1.
(a) To hunt by the track; to track.
(b) to follow behind.
(c) To pursue. --Halliwell.
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2. To draw or drag, as along the ground.
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And hung his head, and trailed his legs along.
--Dryden.
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They shall not trail me through their streets
Like a wild beast. --Milton.
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Long behind he trails his pompous robe. --Pope.
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3. (Mil.) To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the
ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece
being held by the right hand near the middle.
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4. To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay
flat. --Longfellow.
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5. To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
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I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly
termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her
ignorance. --C. Bronte.
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