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tramway |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tramway \Tram"way`\, n. A street railway or interurban railway for local traffic, on which cable cars, or trolley cars, etc., are used in distinction from an extended railway line for trains drawn by steam or electric locomotives. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tramway \Tram"way`\, n. 1. Same as {Tramroad}. 2. A railway laid in the streets of a town or city, on which cars for passengers or for freight are drawn by horses; a horse railroad. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: {Horse emmet} (Zo["o]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo["o]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo["o]l.) a The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. b The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). c The scad. d The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo["o]l.), a large marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo["o]l.), a large coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo["o]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo["o]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. a To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. b To be covered, as a mare. c See definition 7 (above). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tramway n 1: a system for transporting passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers [syn: {tram}, {aerial tramway}, {cable tramway}, {ropeway}] 2: the track on which trams or streetcars run [syn: {tramline}, {streetcar track}]
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