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On the Rails
Wikipedia 1769 The steam engine is invented in Scotland. 1804…rail
(Encyclopedia) rail, common name for some members of the large family Rallidae, marsh and tropical forest birds that include the gallinule and the coot, two specialized rails. Rails are cosmopolitan…Brewer's: Rail
To sit on the rail. To shuffle off a direct answer; to hedge or to fence; to reserve the decision of one's vote. Here rail means the fence, and “to sit on the rail” to sit on one side. A…Brewer's: Sit on the Rail
or Fence (To). To refuse to promise your support to a party; to reserve your vote. “In American slang, he was always sitting on the rail between Catholics and Huguenots.” —The Times.…gallinule
(Encyclopedia) gallinule: see rail.crake
(Encyclopedia) crake: see rail.moorhen
(Encyclopedia) moorhen: see rail.mud hen
(Encyclopedia) mud hen: see rail.monorail
(Encyclopedia) monorail, railway system that uses cars that run on a single rail. Typically the rail is run overhead and the cars are either suspended from it or run above it. Driving power is…Atbarah
(Encyclopedia) Atbarah or Atbara Atbara both: ătbäˈrə [key], town, E Sudan, at the junction of the Atbara and Nile rivers. An important rail junction, it is also the…Trending
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