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railing [′rāl·iŋ] (civil engineering) A barrier consisting of a rail and supports. (electronics) Radar pulse jamming at high recurrence rates (50 to 150 kilohertz); it results in an image on a radar indicator resembling fence railing. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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John Jasper, on his way home through the Close, is brought to a stand-still by the spectacle of Stony Durdles, dinner-bundle and all, leaning his back against the iron railing of the burial-ground enclosing it from the old cloister-arches; and a hideous small boy in rags flinging stones at him as a well-defined mark in the moonlight. "He was a sharp satirist, but with more railing and scoffery than became a poet-laureate,"* said one. I am a railing alongside the torrent; whoever is able to grasp me may grasp me |
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