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To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.
To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.
To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.
That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement.
Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare.
That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.
That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
The tail of a bird.
A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.
A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.
The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.
A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like.
A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.
A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.
Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling.
Capable of being trained or educated; as, boys trainable to virtue.
A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to the London militia.