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▪ I. railer1|ˈreɪlə(r)|
[f. rail v.4 + -er1.]
One who rails; a reviler.
1513Douglas æneis viii. Prol. 66 The railȝear raknis na wordis, but ratlis furth ranis. 1575–85Abp. Sandys Serm. xiv. 242 He is a railer, he doteth, he wanteth discretion. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. Introd., I go on to shew you the unbridl'd impudence of this loose rayler. 1726Pope Odyss. xx. 328 Dread not the railer's laugh, nor ruffian's rage. 1810Crabbe Borough xiii, Thou writ'st of living men, And art a railer and detractor then. 1859Smiles Self-Help (1860) 216 The grumblers and the railers against fortune.
▪ II. railer2|ˈreɪlə(r)|
[f. rail v.2 + -er1.]
1. A rail-maker; one who fits or furnishes with rails.
1882in Ogilvie. (Cf. stair-railer.)
2. One who travels by rail.
1874J. Albery Two Roses i. 12 Wherever you go there's Stone before you... Stone's a railer. 1889F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 103 Your constant ‘railers’ are blindly ignorant of the localities they scud over.
3. Racing. A runner that stays close to the rail.
1958Times 29 Nov. 7/7 A ‘railer’ will always stick to the rails and a slow starter will always be such.
▪ III. † ˈrailer3 Obs. rare—1.
= rail n.2 1.
14..Sir Beues (MS. M.) 149/3217 Iosyan made On her gurdill a knott rennand..ouer a rayler sche it drew. |