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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rail \Rail\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Railed} (r[=a]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Railing}.]
1. To inclose with rails or a railing.
It ought to be fenced in and railed. --Ayliffe.
2. To range in a line. [Obs.]
They were brought to London all railed in ropes, like a team of horses in a cart. --Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Railing \Rail"ing\, adjective Expressing reproach; insulting.
Angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them. --2 Pet. ii. 11.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Railing \Rail"ing\, noun
1. A barrier made of a rail or of rails, together with vertical supports. The typical railing in the interior of structures or on porches has a horizontal rail near waist height, and multiple vertical supports. Its function is usually to provide a safety barrier at the edge of a verticle drop to prevent falls. [1913 Webster +PJC]
2. Rails in general; also, material for making rails.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
railing
noun
1: a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports [syn: {rail}]
2: material for making rails or rails collectively
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "railing": balustrade, banister, bantering, barrier, booing, boundary, catcalling, chaffing, derisive, derisory, fence, fleering, flippant, fooling, grinning, hissing, hooting, jeering, joshing, kidding, leering, mocking, panning, quizzical, ragging, rail, rallying, razzing, ridiculing, roasting, scoffing, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, stone wall, taunting, teasing, twitting, wall
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