Battering train
() A train of artillery for siege operations. |
Bond service
() The condition of a bond servant |
Bord service
() Service due from a bordar |
Knight service
() A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n., 4. |
Railway
(n.) A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure. |
Railway
(n.) The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property |
Service
() Alt. of Service |
Service
() A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries. |
Service
(n.) The act of serving |
Service
(n.) The deed of one who serves |
Service
(n.) Office of devotion |
Service
(n.) Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. |
Service
(n.) Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge |
Service
(n.) Useful office |
Service
(n.) Profession of respect |
Service
(n.) The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it |
Service
(n.) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law |
Service
(n.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. |
Service
(n.) The act of serving the ball. |
Service
(n.) Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13. |
Shuttle
(n.) An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp. |
Shuttle
(n.) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch. |
Shuttle
(n.) A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal. |
Shuttle
(v. i.) To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle. |
Train
(v. t.) To draw along |
Train
(v. t.) To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like |
Train
(v. t.) To teach and form by practice |
Train
(v. t.) To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen. |
Train
(v. t.) To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier |
Train
(v. t.) To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head. |
Train
(v. i.) To be drilled in military exercises |
Train
(v. i.) To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest |
Train
(v.) That which draws along |
Train
(v.) Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk |
Train
(v.) That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something |
Train
(v.) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer. |
Train
(v.) The after part of a gun carriage |
Train
(v.) The tail of a bird. |
Train
(v.) A number of followers |
Train
(v.) A consecution or succession of connected things |
Train
(v.) Regular method |
Train
(v.) The number of beats of a watch in any certain time. |
Train
(v.) A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like. |
Train
(v.) A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad. |
Train
(v.) A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like. |
Train
(v.) A roll train |
Train oil
() Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling. |
Up-train
() A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the main terminus. |
Up-train
() A train going in the direction conventionally called up. |
Underground Railroad
Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
| service | the performance of duties by a waiter or servant, that restaurant has excellent service |
| curb service | service provided to customers who remain in their vehicles |
| self-service | the practice of serving yourself (as in a grocery or cafeteria) |
overhaul
inspection and repair
service | periodic maintenance on a car or machine, it was time for an overhaul on the tractor |
service serving
service of process | the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone, he accepted service of the subpoena |
| service cutback | the act of reducing service |
serve
service | (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play, his powerful serves won the game |
| service | work done by one person or group that benefits another, budget separately for goods and services |
| consulting service | service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) |
| advisory service | a consulting service in which a CPA develops findings and conclusions and recommendations that are presented to the client for consideration and decision making |
attestation service
attestation report | a consulting service in which a CPA expresses a conclusion about the reliability of a written statement that is the responsibility of someone else |
| national service | compulsory service in the military during peacetime |
| service | (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him |
| military service | land tenure by service in the lord's army |
| knight's service | land tenure by service to the lord as a knight |
welfare work
social service | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society |
| service | employment in or work for another, he retired afteryears of service |
| public service | employment within a government system (especially in the civil service) |
sea-duty
service abroad
shipboard duty | naval service aboard a ship at sea |
servicing
service | the act of mating by male animals, the bull was worth good money in servicing fees |
extension
extension service
university extension | an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students |
service religious service
divine service | the act of public worship following prescribed rules, the Sunday service |
church service
church | a service conducted in a house of worship, don't be late for church |
prayer meeting
prayer service | a service at which people sing hymns and pray together |
chapel service
chapel | a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar, he was late for chapel |
| committal service | service committing a body to the grave, the committal service will be held next Monday |
conscription
muster
draft selective service | compulsory military service |
| service | an act of help or assistance, he did them a service |
disservice
ill service
ill turn | an act intended to help that turns out badly, he did them a disservice |
| community service | an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence |
| community service public service | a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions |
| inter-service support | action by one military service to provide logistic (or administrative) support to another military service |
| service call | a trip made by a repairman to visit the location of something in need of service |
| boat train | a train taking passengers to or from a port |
bullet train
bullet | a high-speed passenger train |
cable cable television
cable system
cable television service | a television system that transmits over cables |
cable railway
funicular
funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
car railcar
railway car
railroad car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad, three cars had jumped the rails |
| car train | a train that transports passengers and their automobiles |
cog railway
rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
commuter
commuter train | a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another |
dinner service
dinner set | a table service for serving dinner |
elevated railway
elevated railroad
elevated
el
overhead railway | a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
epicyclic train
epicyclic gear train | a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis |
freight elevator
service elevator | an elevator designed for carrying freight |
freight liner
liner train | a long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goods |
freight train
rattler | a railroad train consisting of freight cars |
frontage road
service road | a local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to property |
| garage service department | a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired |