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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tram  \Tram\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Trammed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Tramming}.] 
  To  convey  or  transport  on  a  tramway  or  on  a  tram  car 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tram  \Tram\,  v.  i. 
  To  operate,  or  conduct  the  business  of  a  tramway;  to  travel 
  by  tramway. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tram  \Tram\,  n.  (Mech.) 
  Same  as  {Trammel},  n.,  6. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tram  \Tram\,  n.  [Prov.  E.  tram  a  coal  wagon,  the  shaft  of  a  cart 
  or  carriage,  a  beam  or  bar;  probably  of  Scand,  origin;  cf 
  OSw.  tr[*a]m,  trum,  a  beam,  OD  drom,  Prov.  &  OHG.  tram.] 
  1.  A  four-wheeled  truck  running  on  rails,  and  used  in  a  mine, 
  as  for  carrying  coal  or  ore. 
 
  2.  The  shaft  of  a  cart.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --De  Quincey. 
 
  3.  One  of  the  rails  of  a  tramway. 
 
  4.  A  car  on  a  horse  railroad.  [Eng.] 
 
  {Tram  car},  a  car  made  to  run  on  a  tramway,  especially  a 
  street  railway  car 
 
  {Tram  plate},  a  flat  piece  of  iron  laid  down  as  a  rail. 
 
  {Tram  pot}  (Milling),  the  step  and  support  for  the  lower  end 
  of  the  spindle  of  a  millstone. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tram  \Tram\,  n.  [Sp.  trama  weft,  or  F.  trame.] 
  A  silk  thread  formed  of  two  or  more  threads  twisted  together, 
  used  especially  for  the  weft,  or  cross  threads,  of  the  best 
  quality  of  velvets  and  silk  goods. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tram 
  n  1:  a  system  for  transporting  passengers  or  freight  in  carriers 
  suspended  from  cables  and  supported  by  a  series  of 
  towers  [syn:  {tramway},  {aerial  tramway},  {cable  tramway}, 
  {ropeway}] 
  2:  a  car  that  runs  on  rails  and  is  propelled  by  electricity: 
  "`tram'  and  `tramcar'  are  British  terms"  [syn:  {streetcar}, 
  {tramcar},  {trolley},  {trolley  car}] 




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