1.
[syn: railing, rail]
2. material for making rails or rails collectively;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Railing \Rail"ing\, a.
Expressing reproach; insulting.
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Angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not
railing accusation against them. --2 Pet. ii.
11.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Railing \Rail"ing\, n.
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.
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2. Rails in general; also, material for making rails.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
railing
n 1: a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports [syn:
railing, rail]
2: material for making rails or rails collectively
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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