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railroad
(encz) | railroad,železnice n: web |
Railroad
(gcide) | Railroad \Rail"road`\ (r[=a]l"r[=o]d`), Railway \Rail"way`\
(r[=a]l"w[=a]`), n.
1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of
iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks
for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a
bed or substructure.
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Note: The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of
the older tramway.
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2. The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings,
rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and
constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been
put into the hands of a receiver.
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Note: Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the
commoner word in the United States.
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Note: In the following and similar phrases railroad and
railway are used interchangeably:
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Atmospheric railway, Elevated railway, etc. See under
Atmospheric, Elevated, etc.
Cable railway. See Cable road, under Cable.
Ferry railway, a submerged track on which an elevated
platform runs, for carrying a train of cars across a water
course.
Gravity railway, a railway, in a hilly country, on which
the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long
distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an
elevated point by stationary engines.
Railway brake, a brake used in stopping railway cars or
locomotives.
Railway car, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels
fitted for running on a railway. [U.S.]
Railway carriage, a railway passenger car. [Eng.]
Railway scale, a platform scale bearing a track which forms
part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars.
Railway slide. See Transfer table, under Transfer.
Railway spine (Med.), an abnormal condition due to severe
concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad
accidents. It is characterized by ataxia and other
disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain
in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral
disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till
some months after the injury.
Underground railroad Underground railway.
(a) A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as
beneath the streets of a city.
(b) Formerly, a system of cooperation among certain active
antislavery people in the United States prior to 1866,
by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach
Canada.
Note: [In the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was
usually used.] "Their house was a principal entrep[^o]t
of the underground railroad." --W. D. Howells.
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Railroad
(gcide) | Railroad \Rail"road`\, v. t.
To carry or send by railroad; usually fig., to send or put
through at high speed or in great haste; to hurry or rush
unduly; as, to railroad a bill through Condress. [Colloq., U.
S.]
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railroad
(wn) | railroad
n 1: line that is the commercial organization responsible for
operating a system of transportation for trains that pull
passengers or freight [syn: railway, railroad,
railroad line, railway line, railway system]
2: a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked
along the railroad track" [syn: railroad track, railroad,
railway]
v 1: compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They
sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" [syn:
dragoon, sandbag, railroad]
2: supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West"
3: transport by railroad |
railroad
(devil) | RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get
away from where we are to where we are no better off. For this purpose
the railroad is held in highest favor by the optimist, for it permits
him to make the transit with great expedition.
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elevated railroad
(encz) | elevated railroad, n: |
railroad
(encz) | railroad,železnice n: web |
railroad bed
(encz) | railroad bed, n: |
railroad car
(encz) | railroad car, n: |
railroad engineer
(encz) | railroad engineer, n: |
railroad flat
(encz) | railroad flat, n: |
railroad line
(encz) | railroad line, n: |
railroad man
(encz) | railroad man, n: |
railroad siding
(encz) | railroad siding, n: |
railroad station
(encz) | railroad station, n: |
railroad terminal
(encz) | railroad terminal, n: |
railroad ticket
(encz) | railroad ticket, n: |
railroad tie
(encz) | railroad tie, n: |
railroad track
(encz) | railroad track, n: |
railroad train
(encz) | railroad train, n: |
railroad tunnel
(encz) | railroad tunnel, n: |
railroad vine
(encz) | railroad vine, n: |
railroad worm
(encz) | railroad worm, n: |
railroader
(encz) | railroader,železničář n: Michal Ambrož |
railroading
(encz) | railroading, n: |
railroads
(encz) | railroads,železnice n: pl. web |
underground railroad
(encz) | underground railroad,metro Milan Svoboda |
Granger railroads
(gcide) | Granger railroads \Gran"ger railroads\, or Granger roads
\Granger roads\ . (Finance)
Certain railroads whose traffic largely consists in carrying
the produce of farmers or grangers; -- specifically applied
to the Chicago & Alton; Chicago, Burlington & Quincey;
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul; and Chicago & Northwestern, railroads. [U. S.,
obsolescent].
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Granger stocks |
Horse railroad
(gcide) | Horse \Horse\ (h[^o]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. &
OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to
run, E. course, current Cf. Walrus.]
1. (Zool.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus;
especially, the domestic horse (Equus caballus), which
was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period.
It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with
six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below.
The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or
wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having
a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base.
Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all
its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility,
courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for
drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.
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Note: Many varieties, differing in form, size, color, gait,
speed, etc., are known, but all are believed to have
been derived from the same original species. It is
supposed to have been a native of the plains of Central
Asia, but the wild species from which it was derived is
not certainly known. The feral horses of America are
domestic horses that have run wild; and it is probably
true that most of those of Asia have a similar origin.
Some of the true wild Asiatic horses do, however,
approach the domestic horse in several characteristics.
Several species of fossil (Equus) are known from the
later Tertiary formations of Europe and America. The
fossil species of other genera of the family
Equid[ae] are also often called horses, in general
sense.
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2. The male of the genus Equus, in distinction from the
female or male; usually, a castrated male.
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3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
from foot.
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The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
thousand horse and foot. --Bacon.
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4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
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5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
were made to ride for punishment.
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6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
horse; a hobby.
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7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same
character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a
vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a
vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.
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8. (Naut.)
(a) See Footrope, a.
(b) A breastband for a leadsman.
(c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
(d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.
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9. (Student Slang)
(a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or
examination; -- called also trot, pony, Dobbin.
(b) Horseplay; tomfoolery.
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10. heroin. [slang]
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11. horsepower. [Colloq. contraction]
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Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
horse?dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often
in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
horse ant, etc.
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Black horse, Blood horse, etc. See under Black, etc.
Horse aloes, caballine aloes.
Horse ant (Zool.), a large ant (Formica rufa); -- called
also horse emmet.
Horse artillery, that portion of the artillery in which the
cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
cavalry; flying artillery.
Horse balm (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant
(Collinsonia Canadensis), having large leaves and
yellowish flowers.
Horse bean (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean
(Faba vulgaris), grown for feeding horses.
Horse boat, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
boat propelled by horses.
Horse bot. (Zool.) See Botfly, and Bots.
Horse box, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
as hunters. [Eng.]
Horse breaker or Horse trainer, one employed in subduing
or training horses for use.
Horse car.
(a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under Car.
(b) A car fitted for transporting horses.
Horse cassia (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia
Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,
catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse
medicine.
Horse cloth, a cloth to cover a horse.
Horse conch (Zool.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the
genus Triton. See Triton.
Horse courser.
(a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
--Johnson.
(b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
Horse crab (Zool.), the Limulus; -- called also
horsefoot, horsehoe crab, and king crab.
Horse crevall['e] (Zool.), the cavally.
Horse emmet (Zool.), the horse ant.
Horse finch (Zool.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
Horse gentian (Bot.), fever root.
Horse iron (Naut.), a large calking iron.
Horse latitudes, a space in the North Atlantic famous for
calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds
of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
Horse mackrel. (Zool.)
(a) The common tunny (Orcynus thunnus), found on the
Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the
Mediterranean.
(b) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
(c) The scad.
(d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes,
as the California hake, the black candlefish, the
jurel, the bluefish, etc.
Horse marine (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a
mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang]
Horse mussel (Zool.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola
modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and
America.
Horse nettle (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the
Solanum Carolinense.
Horse parsley. (Bot.) See Alexanders.
Horse purslain (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical
America (Trianthema monogymnum).
Horse race, a race by horses; a match of horses in running
or trotting.
Horse racing, the practice of racing with horses.
Horse railroad, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by
horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States,
called a tramway.
Horse run (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded
wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.
Horse sense, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.]
Horse soldier, a cavalryman.
Horse sponge (Zool.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge
(Spongia equina).
Horse stinger (Zool.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.]
Horse sugar (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the
United States (Symplocos tinctoria), whose leaves are
sweet, and good for fodder.
Horse tick (Zool.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca
equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and
sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, {horse
louse}, and forest fly.
Horse vetch (Bot.), a plant of the genus Hippocrepis
(Hippocrepis comosa), cultivated for the beauty of its
flowers; -- called also horsehoe vetch, from the
peculiar shape of its pods.
Iron horse, a locomotive. [Colloq.]
Salt horse, the sailor's name for salt beef.
To look a gift horse in the mouth, to examine the mouth of
a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to
ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a
critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell.
To take horse.
(a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay.
(b) To be covered, as a mare.
(c) See definition 7 (above).
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railroad flare
(gcide) | Fusee \Fu*see"\, n. [See 2d Fusil, and cf. Fuse, n.]
1. A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil. [Obs.]
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2. A fuse. See Fuse, n.
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3.
(a) A friction match for smokers' use having a bulbous
head which when ignited is not easily blown out even
in a gale of wind.
(b) A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter
and having the usual igniting tip.
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4. A signal device, usually cylindrical, consisting of a tube
filled with a composition which burns with a bright
colored light for a definite time. It is used principally
for the protection of trains or road vehicles, indicating
an obstruction or accident ahead. Also called a flare or
railroad flare.
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railroad train
(gcide) | Train \Train\, n. [F. train, OF. tra["i]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.] "Now to my charms, and
to my wily trains." --Milton.
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2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a
trap for an animal; a snare. --Halliwell.
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With cunning trains him to entrap un wares.
--Spenser.
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3. That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after,
something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.
Specifically :
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(a) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
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(b) (Mil.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
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(c) The tail of a bird. "The train steers their flights,
and turns their bodies, like the rudder of ship."
--Ray.
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4. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a
suite.
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The king's daughter with a lovely train. --Addison.
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My train are men of choice and rarest parts. --Shak.
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5. A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
"A train of happy sentiments." --I. Watts.
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The train of ills our love would draw behind it.
--Addison.
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Rivers now
Stream and perpetual draw their humid train.
--Milton.
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Other truths require a train of ideas placed in
order. --Locke.
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6. Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in
a train for settlement.
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If things were once in this train, . . . our duty
would take root in our nature. --Swift.
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7. The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.
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8. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine,
or the like.
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9. A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad; --
called also railroad train.
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10. A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the
transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
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11. (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.
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12. (Mil.) The aggregation of men, animals, and vehicles
which accompany an army or one of its subdivisions, and
transport its baggage, ammunition, supplies, and reserve
materials of all kinds.
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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.
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Syn: Cars.
Usage: Train, Cars. At one time "train" meaning railroad
train was also referred to in the U. S. by the phrase
"the cars". In the 1913 dictionary the usage was
described thus: "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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Railroading
(gcide) | Railroading \Rail"road`ing\, n.
The construction of a railroad; the business of managing or
operating a railroad. [Colloq. U. S.]
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Underground railroad
(gcide) | Railroad \Rail"road`\ (r[=a]l"r[=o]d`), Railway \Rail"way`\
(r[=a]l"w[=a]`), n.
1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of
iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks
for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a
bed or substructure.
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Note: The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of
the older tramway.
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2. The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings,
rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and
constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been
put into the hands of a receiver.
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Note: Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the
commoner word in the United States.
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Note: In the following and similar phrases railroad and
railway are used interchangeably:
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Atmospheric railway, Elevated railway, etc. See under
Atmospheric, Elevated, etc.
Cable railway. See Cable road, under Cable.
Ferry railway, a submerged track on which an elevated
platform runs, for carrying a train of cars across a water
course.
Gravity railway, a railway, in a hilly country, on which
the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long
distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an
elevated point by stationary engines.
Railway brake, a brake used in stopping railway cars or
locomotives.
Railway car, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels
fitted for running on a railway. [U.S.]
Railway carriage, a railway passenger car. [Eng.]
Railway scale, a platform scale bearing a track which forms
part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars.
Railway slide. See Transfer table, under Transfer.
Railway spine (Med.), an abnormal condition due to severe
concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad
accidents. It is characterized by ataxia and other
disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain
in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral
disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till
some months after the injury.
Underground railroad Underground railway.
(a) A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as
beneath the streets of a city.
(b) Formerly, a system of cooperation among certain active
antislavery people in the United States prior to 1866,
by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach
Canada.
Note: [In the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was
usually used.] "Their house was a principal entrep[^o]t
of the underground railroad." --W. D. Howells.
[1913 Webster]Underground \Un"der*ground`\, a.
1. Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground
story or apartment.
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2. Done or occurring out of sight; secret. [Colloq.]
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Underground railroad or Underground railway. See under
Railroad.
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elevated railroad
(wn) | elevated railroad
n 1: a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a
track that is raised above the street level [syn: {elevated
railway}, elevated railroad, elevated, el, {overhead
railway}] |
railroad
(wn) | railroad
n 1: line that is the commercial organization responsible for
operating a system of transportation for trains that pull
passengers or freight [syn: railway, railroad,
railroad line, railway line, railway system]
2: a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked
along the railroad track" [syn: railroad track, railroad,
railway]
v 1: compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They
sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" [syn:
dragoon, sandbag, railroad]
2: supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West"
3: transport by railroad |
railroad bed
(wn) | railroad bed
n 1: a bed on which railroad track is laid |
railroad car
(wn) | railroad car
n 1: a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three
cars had jumped the rails" [syn: car, railcar, {railway
car}, railroad car] |
railroad engineer
(wn) | railroad engineer
n 1: the operator of a railway locomotive [syn: engineer,
locomotive engineer, railroad engineer, {engine
driver}] |
railroad flat
(wn) | railroad flat
n 1: an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors
between them |
railroad line
(wn) | railroad line
n 1: line that is the commercial organization responsible for
operating a system of transportation for trains that pull
passengers or freight [syn: railway, railroad,
railroad line, railway line, railway system] |
railroad man
(wn) | railroad man
n 1: an employee of a railroad [syn: trainman, railroader,
railroad man, railwayman, railway man] |
railroad siding
(wn) | railroad siding
n 1: a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling
stock or enable trains on the same line to pass [syn:
siding, railroad siding, turnout, sidetrack] |
railroad station
(wn) | railroad station
n 1: terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods
[syn: railway station, railroad station, {railroad
terminal}, train station, train depot] |
railroad terminal
(wn) | railroad terminal
n 1: terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods
[syn: railway station, railroad station, {railroad
terminal}, train station, train depot] |
railroad ticket
(wn) | railroad ticket
n 1: a ticket good for a ride on a railroad train [syn:
railroad ticket, train ticket] |
railroad tie
(wn) | railroad tie
n 1: one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway
track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" [syn:
tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper] |
railroad track
(wn) | railroad track
n 1: a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked
along the railroad track" [syn: railroad track,
railroad, railway] |
railroad train
(wn) | railroad train
n 1: public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled
together and drawn by a locomotive; "express trains don't
stop at Princeton Junction" [syn: train, {railroad
train}] |
railroad tunnel
(wn) | railroad tunnel
n 1: a tunnel through which the railroad track runs |
railroad vine
(wn) | railroad vine
n 1: a prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to
Texas [syn: railroad vine, beach morning glory,
Ipomoea pes-caprae] |
railroad worm
(wn) | railroad worm
n 1: larvae bore into and feed on apples [syn: apple maggot,
railroad worm, Rhagoletis pomonella] |
railroader
(wn) | railroader
n 1: an employee of a railroad [syn: trainman, railroader,
railroad man, railwayman, railway man] |
railroading
(wn) | railroading
n 1: the activity of designing and constructing and operating
railroads [syn: rail technology, railroading] |
underground railroad
(wn) | Underground Railroad
n 1: secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by
abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War
[syn: Underground Railroad, Underground Railway] |
railroad
(devil) | RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get
away from where we are to where we are no better off. For this purpose
the railroad is held in highest favor by the optimist, for it permits
him to make the transit with great expedition.
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