To draw along; to trail; to drag.
To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.
To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms.
To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.
To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees.
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.
A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.
The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
The tail of a bird.
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; - called also railroad train.
A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.
The aggregation of men, animals, and vehicles which accompany an army or one of its subdivisions, and transport its baggage, ammunition, supplies, and reserve materials of all kinds.
A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver.
A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination.
A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain.
A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.
One who coaches;
To convey in a coach.
To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction.
To drive or to ride in a coach; - sometimes used with
