Railing

Definitions: Railing

Railing

Noun

1. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.

2. Material for making rails or rails collectively.

Date "railing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Dream Interpretation	To dream of seeing railings, denotes that some person is trying to obstruct your pathway in love or business. To dream of holding on to a railing, foretells that some desperate chance will be taken by you to obtain some object upon which you have set your heart. It may be of love, or of a more material form. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Food & Agriculture	A method of fishing which consists essentially in dragging through the water a bait or bright object to which a hook is attached. It is employed for the capture of predaceous surface-feeding fishes. Source: European Union. (references)
	Metal bars or flat pieces of wood fitted at the top of a bulwark or at the top of guard rail stanchions. Also applied to the tier of metal guard rods fitted between the top rail and the deck. Source: European Union. (references)
	A method of brush removal from farms employing the use of railway rail. Source: European Union. (references)
Industry	A strip of wood or other material applied to the edge of a flush door, table top, panel, core, etc. generally with its grain parallel to the edge. Source: European Union. (references)
Mechanical Engineering	A barrier made of rails and their supports. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Railing

Synonym: rail (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: whiffed (food & agriculture).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Inclosure	Wall, hedge, hedge row; espalier; fence; (defense); pale, paling, balustrade, rail, railing, quickset hedge, park paling, circumvallation, enceinte, ring fence.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Railing

English words defined with "railing": Altar rail ♦ balcony, baluster, balusters, balustrade, banister, Bannister, bar, bema, Breastrail ♦ chancel, Convicious ♦ fife rail ♦ guardrail ♦ handrail ♦ Quarter railing ♦ rail, rail off ♦ safety rail, sanctuary ♦ taffrail, Top-armor. (references)

Specialty definitions using "railing": grab iron ♦ London Stone ♦ Rabsheka ♦ side enclosure. (references)

Etymologies containing "railing": Convicious. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	First Star & the Railing (Contemporary Spanish Plays Series Vol. 19) (reference) Harry Partch: Barstow: Eight Hitchhiker Inscriptions from a Highway Railing at Barstow, California (1968 Version) (Music in the United States of America, 9) (reference) Multiple-service-level highway bridge railing selection procedures (reference) Railing Against the Rush of Years: A Personal Journey Through Aging Via Art Therapy: Poems, Paintings, and Prose (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[A girl and a boy (full-length portrait, facing back) standing on the railing of an outdoor airport observation deck looking at an airplane on the tarmac] /h [graphic] / Esther Bubley.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Gustave Flaubert	By dint of railing at idiots we run the risk of becoming idiots ourselves.
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne	Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves with railing against it.
Shakespeare	O, he is as tedious as is a tired horse, or a railing wife; worse than a smoky house.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	She lives in a garden where there is a railing, in the Rue Plumet.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	Upon him, railing at him ever since, and putting others upon the same experiment, with equal assurance of success, as well as equal disappointment.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Liza Minnelli	It's also the angle of the camera. Of course nobody should do that to a child. Did he do that or was he holding the baby up over to the railing like he introduced his other little boy. Before I say anything like that, I'd want to know the truth.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Railing" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Railing" is used about 89 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	89	34,931

The following table summarizes the usage of "railing" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Railing	Last name	130	68,828
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "railing": bridge railing ♦ quarter railing. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "railing": re-railing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "railing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		balustrade (balustrade, banisters, parapet). (various references)

Albanian		parmak (balustrade, bar, guardrail, handrail, hurdle, rail), kangjella (banisters, gate). (various references)

Arabic		‏لوم (admonition, blame, censure, lambaste, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, twit, upbraid), ‏إحتجاج (furor, outcry, plaint, protest, protestation, remonstrance, representation, rise), ‏شكوى (beef, claim, complaint, grievance, grouse, lawsuit, miserere, plaint, protest, representation), ‏درابزين (balustrade, banister, fender, guard rail, handrail, parapet, stair rod). (various references)

Bulgarian		укорителен (condemnatory, objurgatory, of reproof, reproachful), ругателен (injurious, invasive, maledictory, vituperative), релсов материал, релси (line, metals, track, tread), релинг, насмешлив (derisive, derisory, flip, flippant, jesting, quizzical), бордова ограда (rail), бариера (barrier, gate, traverse), балюстрада (balustrade), преграда (baffle, barricade, bulkhead, compartment, division, hedge, hurdle, interception, obstruction, occlusion, partition, screen, septum, stanchion, traverse, web), презрителен (contemptuous, disdainful, disparaging, scornful, supercilious), перила (balustrade, grille, guardrail, handrail), парапет (guardrail, handrail, parapet, rail). (various references)

Chinese		檻 (bar, door sill, threshold), 扶手 , 欄杆 (banister), 欄 (fence, pen), � �杆 (Parapet). (various references)

Czech		zábradlí (banisters, guard rail, handrail, rail), plot (fence, pale). (various references)

Danish		rydning af land ved hjaelp af skinner, raekvaerk (parapet), ræling (rail), rækværk (balustrade, bridge-rail, farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail, rail), kantliste (banding, lipping), gelænder (balustrade, bridge-rail, hand railing, handrail, rail), dørgefiskeri (troll lining, trolling, whiffing). (various references)

Dutch		leuning (balustrade, banisters, hand railing, handrail, parapet, parapet wall, prop, support). (various references)

Esperanto		balustrado (balustrade, banisters, parapet). (various references)

Faeroese		rimaverk (balustrade, banisters, grate, grid, grill, parapet), rimagarður (balustrade, banisters, parapet). (various references)

Finnish		reelinki (rail), kaide (balustrade, banisters, beater, comb, handrail, kicking board, parapet, rail, reed, wraith). (various references)

French		rampe (rail, ramp), garde-fou (rail), balustrade (rail). (various references)

German		Geländer (balustrade, balustrades, banister, banisters, bridge-rail, handrail, hand-rail, parapet, rail, rails), Reling (fending, gangway, rail). (various references)

Greek		κιγκλίδωμα (balustrade, bridge-rail, grate, grating, grid, lattice, lattice work, rail, spar gate, trellised gate, trelliswork). (various references)

Hebrew		מעק�" (balustrade, banister, guard rail, handrail, ledge, parapet, rail). (various references)

Hungarian		védőkorlát (crash barrier). (various references)

Icelandic		rimlagirðing (balustrade, banisters, parapet), grindverk (balustrade, banisters, parapet). (various references)

Indonesian		caci-maki. (various references)

Italian		parapetto (balcony-railing, balustrade, banisters, breast, bulwark, curb, fending, gangway, guard, handrail, kicking board, parapet, parapet wall, rail, windowback), ringhiera (balustrade, banister, banisters, bridge-rail, parapet). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		手すり (handrail), 手摺り (handrail), 手摺 (handrail). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		てすり (handrail). (various references)

Korean		방책. (various references)

Pig Latin		ailingray.(various references)

Portuguese		injúria (abuse, bruise, contumely, despite, harm, hurt, indignity, injury, insult, invective, mischief, outrage, violence, vituperation, wrong), barreira de protecção (handrail), corricar (troll lining, trolling, whiffing), corrimão de resguardo do piso de trabalho (balcony-railing), desmatamento com trilho, estacada (barricade, barrier, corral, fence, fish corral, fish weir, fixed net, groyne, pale, paling, palisade, set net, stockade, tilt-yard, weir), grade (crate, crate with slatted sides and open tops, drag, drain, dunnage, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grill, grille, harrow, harrowfork, lattice, rail, screen), guarda de proteccao (parapet), balaustrada (baluster, balustrade, rail), guardas (balustrade, bridge-rail, endpapers, ends, interlocked guard, interlocking guards), vedação (enclosure, fence, fencing, fitting, game fence, gasket, gate, hail, hurdle, jointing, luting, packing, paling fence, picket fence, rail, sealing, wattle, windbreak), lamúria (fret, wail, whimper), maledicência (evil-wishing, maleficence, obloquy), moldura (banding, bezel, cadre, chaplet, fillet, frame, framework, gorge, lipping, locating stop, models edge, molding box, moulding, moulding box, passepartout, Reed, setting), paliçada (pale, palingenesis, palisade, stockade), parapeito (balcony-railing, breastwork, curb, mound, parapet, parapet wall, rail, rampart, reveal, traverse), peitoril (breastwork, groundsel, groundsill, mud sill, rail, sill, window sill), pesca ao corrico (troll lining, trolling, whiffing), queixa (bill, clamor, clamour, complaint, expostulation, faultfinding, grievance, jericho, kick, lament, moan, plaintiff, protest, remonstrance), guarda-corpo (balustrade, bridge-rail). (various references)

Romanian		zãbrea (fence, guard, rail), invectivã (abuse, invective), grilaj (grate, grid, gridiron, grill, grille, rack, rail), gard (fence, fencing, hedge, hurdle, palisade, rail, wall), balustradã (balustrade, handrail, parapet, rail, stave). (various references)

Russian		ограда (enclosure, fence, haw, hedgerow, inclosure, pale), перила (balustrade, banister, banisters, banistor, banistors, bannister, guardrail, guard-rail, handrail, parapet, rail). (various references)

Scottish		sgr� illeadh (abusing, severe scolding). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		priručje, ograda (banister, dissociation, enclosure, fence, haw, hedge, reservation, reserve, ring fence). (various references)

Spanish		barandilla (balusters, balustrade, banister, banisters, bridge-rail, handrail, parapet, rail), baranda (balustrade, border, bridge-rail, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rail, rand, rim), balaustrada (balustrade, banisters, parapet). (various references)

Swedish		räcke (balcony-railing, baluster, banister, handrail, lifeline, parapet), ovett (abuse, invective, scolding). (various references)

Thai		ราวลูกกรง. (various references)

Turkish		trabzan (banister, handrail, rail), tırabzan (banister, handrail, rail), parmaklık (balustrade, banisters, bar, boarding, fence, fencing, grating, grid, grill, grille, guardrail, hurdle, paling, palisade, rack, rail, trellis), korkuluk (balustrade, banister, barrier, guardrail, guy, parapet, rail, scarecrow). (various references)

Turkmen		tutawaз (banister, handle). (various references)

Ukranian		огорожа (balconet, barrier, enclosure, fence, fencing, haw, inclosure, pale, rail), бильця, поручень (guard rail, list). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự xỉ vả lời chửi rủa, sự mắng nhiếc (comeuppance, objurgation), sự chửi rủa (abuse, damnation, damning, imprecation, name-calling, vituperation), lời xỉ vả (revilement). (various references)

Welsh		canllaw (battlement, hand-rail, parapet). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	caulae, caularum, caulas, caulasque. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	2 Peter Chapter 2, Verse 11
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Opou aggeloi iscui kai dunamei meizoneV onteV ou ferousin kat autwn para kuriw blasfhmon krisin
Latin	405	Vulgate	Ubi angeli fortitudine et virtute cum sint maiores non portant adversum se execrabile iudicium
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Whanne thei ben more in strengthe and vertu, beren not `that was the execrable doom ayens hem.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	When ye angels which are greater bothe in power and myght receave not of ye lorde raylynge iudgement agaynst them.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Though the angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not make use of violent language against them before the Lord.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	2 Peter Chapter 2, Verse 11
Bulgarian	Понеже по-добре би било за тях да не бяха познали пътя на правдата, отколкото след като са го познали, да се отвърнат от предадената на тях света заповед.
Cebuano	samtang ang mga manolunda, bisan tuod labi pa silang kusgan ug gamhanan, dili man gani mopasipala paghukom batok kanila sa atubangan sa Ginoo.
Chinese	就是天使、雖然力量權能更大、還不 �"� 毀謗的話在主面前告他們。
Croatian	dok anðeli, iako jakošæu i snagom od njih veæi, ne izrièu protiv njih pred Gospodinom pogrdna suda.
Danish	hvor dog Engle, som ere større i Styrke og Magt, ikke fremføre bespottende Dom imod dem for Herren.
Dutch	Daar de engelen in sterkte en kracht meerder zijnde, geen lasterlijk oordeel tegen hen voor den Heere voortbrengen.
Finnish	vaikka enkelitkään, jotka väkevyydeltään ja voimaltaan ovat suuremmat, eivät lausu heitä vastaan herjaavaa tuomiota Herran edessä.
French	tandis que les anges, supérieurs en force et en puissance, ne portent pas contre elles de jugement injurieux devant le Seigneur.
German	so doch die Engel, die größere Stärke und Macht haben, kein lästerlich Urteil wider sie fällen vor dem HERRN.
Haitian Creole	Menm zanj yo ki gen plis fòs ak plis pouvwa pase moun sa yo pa pote move akizasyon kont pouvwa ki nan syèl yo devan Bondye.
Hungarian	Holott az angyalok, a kik erõre és hatalomra nézve nagyobbak, nem szólnak azok ellen az Úr elõtt káromló ítéletet.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Sedangkan malaikat-malaikat yang jauh lebih kuat dan berkuasa dari guru-guru palsu itu, tidak menuduh para makhluk yang mulia itu dengan kata-kata penghinaan di hadapan Tuhan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	padahal segala malaekat, walaupun lebih besar kuat kuasanya, tiada mengumpat mereka itu kepada Tuhan.
Italian	mentre gli angeli, a loro superiori per forza e potenza, non portano contro di essi alcun giudizio offensivo davanti al Signore.
Korean	�" 큰 힘 과 능 � � 을 가 진 천 사 �"� 이 라 도 주 앞 에 서 � � 희 를 거 스 � � 훼 방 하 �" 송 사 를 하 지 아 니 하 느 니 라
Latvian	Kaut gan eòìeïi, kas stiprumâ un spçkâ lielâki, netiesâ viens otru zaimiem,
Maori	Tena ko nga anahera, ahakoa nui ake to ratou kaha, to ratou mana kahore e puaki i a ratou he kupu whakatoi mo era i te aroaro o te Atua ina whakawa.
Modern Greek	ενω οι αγγελοι, μεγαλητεροι οντες εις ισχυν και δυναμιν, δεν φερουσι κατ' αυτων βλασφημον κρισιν ενωπιον του Κυριου.
Norwegian	mens dog engler, som er større i styrke og makt, ikke fremfører for Herren nogen spottende dom imot dem;
Portuguese	enquanto que os anjos, embora maiores em força e poder, não pronunciam contra eles juízo blasfemo diante do Senhor.
Rumanian	pe cknd kngerii, cari sknt mai mari kn tqrie wi putere, nu aduc knaintea Domnului nicio judecatq batjocoritoare kmpotriva lor.
Russian	ФПЗ�"Б ЛБЛ Й бОЗЕМЩ, � ТЕЧПУИП�"С ЙИ ЛТЕ� ПУФША Й УЙМПА, ОЕ � ТПЙЪОПУСФ ОБ ОЙИ � ТЕ�" зПУ� П�"ПН ХЛПТЙЪОЕООПЗП УХ�"Б.
Shuar	Warí, imia Yusa suntari Yusai matsatainia nu, nuna Túratniun Tsúumainiawai. Nankaamas kakaram tura nankaamas uunt ainiayat nu akupniun katsekainiatsui.
Spanish	mientras que los ángeles, que son mayores en fuerza y poder, no pronuncian juicio de maldición contra ellos delante del Señor.
Swahili	Lakini malaika, ambao wana uwezo na nguvu zaidi kuliko hao walimu wa uongo, hawawashtaki na kuwatukana hao mbele ya Bwana.
Swedish	under det att änglar som stå ännu högre i starkhet och makt icke om dem uttala någon smädande dom inför Herren.
Thai	แต่ฝ่ายทูตสวรรค์แม้ว่ามีฤทธิ์และกำลังมากกว่า ก็หาไ�"้กล่าวประ�"ามคนเหล่านั้นหน้าพระพักตร์ขององค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าไม่
Ukrainian	хоч Анголи, бувши міццю та силою більші за них, не несуть до �"оспода зневажливого суду на них.
Uma	Bangku' mala'eka-mala'eka to meliu karoho-ra pai' kabaraka' -ra ngkai guru to boa' toera-e', uma lau-ra daho' mporuge' ba mpopakilu anu mobaraka' toe hi nyanyoa Pue' Ala.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "railing": railings. (additional references)
	Words ending with "railing": brailing, derailing, engrailing, handrailing, trailing. (additional references)
	Words containing "railing": handrailings. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Railing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Crailing, frailing, grailing, prailing, raelian, raelign, raili, railn, rairing, raling, Raplin, ratling, Raulini, Rauluni, reiling, reilling, reisling, reliaing, rfiling, rieling, Ruilin. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "railing" (pronounced rā"ling)
5	r ā" l i ng	derailing, Grayling, trailing.
4	-ā" l i ng	ailing, assailing, bailing, baling, curtailing, detailing, entailing, failing, flailing, hailing, inhaling, jailing, mailing, nailing, prevailing, regaling, sailing, scaling, surveilling, tailing, unavailing, unfailing, unveiling, veiling, wailing, whaling.
3	-l i ng	ambling, angling, annealing, appalling, appealing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unwilling, waffling, waggling, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: lairing.
	Words within the letters "a-g-i-i-l-n-r"
	-1 letter: ailing, airing, nilgai, riling.
	-2 letters: algin, align, argil, garni, glair, gnarl, grail, grain, iring, liang, ligan, linga.
	-3 letters: agin, airn, anil, aril, gain, girl, girn, glia, gnar, gran, grin, ilia, inia, lain, lair, lang, lari, liar, ling, lira, liri, nail, ragi, rail, rain, rang, rani, rial, ring.
	-4 letters: ail, ain, air, ani, gal, gan, gar, gin, lag, lar, lin, nag, nil, rag, ran, ria, rig, rin.
	-5 letters: ag, ai, al, an, ar, in, la, li, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-i-i-l-n-r"
	+1 letter: brailing, gainlier, glairing, original, railings, ringtail, rivaling, trailing, virginal.
	+2 letters: articling, brailling, derailing, grimalkin, lariating, librating, originals, pillaring, realising, realizing, redialing, remailing, renailing, resailing, retailing, ringtails, rivalling, spiraling, tailoring, virginals.
	+3 letters: aboriginal, admiringly, airlifting, airmailing, calipering, calorizing, caprioling, clarifying, clarioning, curtailing, engrailing, filtrating, fingernail, grainfield, granulitic, grimalkins, impearling, laryngitic, laryngitis, laterizing, liberating, ligaturing, lipreading, marginalia, moralising, moralizing, multigrain, originally, parboiling, polarising, polarizing, prevailing, realigning, reavailing, reclaiming, redialling, retailings, ruralising, ruralizing, seignorial, solarising, solarizing, spiralling, springtail, tailorings, trailering, travailing, trigeminal, trilingual, ungainlier, unoriginal, valorising, valorizing, velarizing, virginally.
	+4 letters: aboriginals, bioregional, bricklaying, brutalising, brutalizing, calibrating, callipering, cartelising, cartelizing, cavaliering, circulating, disarmingly, egalitarian, elutriating, espaliering, filagreeing, fingernails, fireballing, firewalling, formalising, formalizing, gallinipper, glamorising, glamorizing, grainfields, granitelike, granolithic, hairstyling, handrailing, imaginarily, infrangible, infrangibly, ingrainedly, integrality, interlacing, interlaying, inthralling, invigilator, legionaries, legionnaire, libertinage, linearising, linearizing, lipreadings, lubricating, luxuriating, madrigalian, malingering, marbleising, marbleizing, marginality, marginalize, meliorating, migrational, mineralogic, misaltering, mislaboring, mislearning, misrelating, multigrains, normalising, normalizing, originality, outrivaling, panbroiling, parasailing, plaistering, playwriting, pluralizing, proclaiming, railroading, ravishingly, reassailing, regionalism, regionalist, regionalize, reinflating, replicating, retailoring, retaliating, ritualizing, seigneurial, serialising, serializing, singularity, singularize, springtails, trailerings, tribulating, trigeminals, vainglories, verbalizing, vernalizing, virginalist, vulgarising, vulgarizing.
	+5 letters: aboriginally, aerosolizing, allegorising, allegorizing, alliterating, ameliorating, angularities, antireligion, appraisingly, articulating, billboarding, bipolarizing, blackbirding, boardsailing, bricklayings, burglarizing, caramelising, caramelizing, carillonning, centralising, centralizing, charbroiling, childbearing, chlorinating, craniologies, crystalizing, deliberating, demoralizing, depolarizing, despairingly, digressional, earsplitting, egalitarians, eternalizing, exhilarating, federalizing, fibrillating, fluoridating, fluorinating, frangibility, gallinippers, generalising, generalities, generalizing, glamourizing, gratifyingly, greenmailing, hairstylings, handrailings, illustrating, increasingly, infiltrating, interglacial, interlapping, interlarding, interleaving, interplaying, intertillage, intervillage, invigilators, irritatingly, journalizing, laryngitides, lateralizing, legionnaires, liberalising, liberalizing, libertinages, lifeguarding, literalizing, livetrapping, marginalized, marginalizes, militarising, militarizing, mineralising, mineralizing, mineralogies, mineralogist, monsignorial, naturalising, naturalizing, neutralising, neutralizing, obliterating, outrivalling, overclaiming, parasailings, philandering, pilgrimaging, plagiarising, plagiarizing, playwritings, popularising, popularizing, pregnability, radicalising, radicalizing, railroadings, recanalizing, redisplaying, regionalisms, regionalists, regionalized, regionalizes, regularizing, reimplanting, reinstalling, relativizing, repolarizing, requalifying, reticulating, revalidating, revalorizing, revictualing, revitalising, revitalizing, sailboarding, sanguinarily, scarifyingly, secularising, secularizing, singularized, singularizes, streamlining, stridulating, thermalizing, trailblazing, trampolining, trilingually, triplicating, trivialising, trivializing, urinogenital, vainglorious, virginalists.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 61 69 6C 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-. .- .. .-.. .. -. --.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100001 01101001 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#97 &#105 &#108 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0061 0069 006C 0069 006E 0067

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
deck railing	263
railing	186
vinyl railing	110
porch railing	99
wrought iron railing	95
stair railing	67
aluminum railing	57
vinyl deck railing	37
glass railing	37
vinyl porch railing	35
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Railing

Definitions: Railing

Railing

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Railing

Dream Interpretation

Food & Agriculture

Industry

Mechanical Engineering

Synonym: Railing

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Inclosure

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Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

Shakespeare

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Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Spoken Usage: Railing

Liza Minnelli

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Expression: Railing

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Railing

deck railing

railing

vinyl railing

porch railing

wrought iron railing

stair railing

aluminum railing

vinyl deck railing

glass railing

vinyl porch railing

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