Train (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Trained (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Training.] [OF. trahiner, traïner,F.
traîner, LL. trahinare, trainare, fr. L.
trahere to draw. See Trail.]
1. To draw along; to trail; to drag.
In hollow cube
Training his devilish enginery.
Milton.
2. To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to
attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure. [Obs.]
If but a dozen French
Were there in arms, they would be as a call
To train ten thousand English to their side.
Shak.
O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy
note.
Shak.
This feast, I'll gage my life,
Is but a plot to train you to your ruin.
Ford.
3. 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.
Our trained bands, which are the trustiest and most
proper strength of a free nation.
Milton.
The warrior horse here bred he's taught to
train.
Dryden.
4. To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as
oxen.
5. (Hort.) 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.
He trained the young branches to the right hand or to
the left.
Jeffrey.
6. (Mining) To trace, as a lode or any
mineral appearance, to its head.
To train a gun (Mil. & Naut.), to point it
at some object either forward or else abaft the beam, that is, not directly
on the side. Totten. -- To train, or
To train up, to educate; to teach; to form by
instruction or practice; to bring up.
Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he
is old, he will not depart from it.
Prov. xxii. 6.
The first Christians were, by great hardships, trained
up for glory.
Tillotson.
Train, v. i. 1. To be
drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.
2. To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc.,
for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.
Train, n. [F. train, OF.
traïn, trahin; cf. (for some of the senses) F.
traine. See Train, v.] 1.
That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or
enticement; allurement. [Obs.] "Now to my charms, and to my wily
trains." Milton.
2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a
hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare. Halliwell.
With cunning trains him to entrap un
wares.
Spenser.
3. That which is drawn along in the rear of, or
after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.
Specifically : --
(a) That part of a gown which trails behind the
wearer.
(b) (Mil.) The after part of a gun carriage;
the trail.
(c) The tail of a bird. "The train
steers their flights, and turns their bodies, like the rudder of ship."
Ray.
4. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a
retinue; a suite.
The king's daughter with a lovely train.
Addison.
My train are men of choice and rarest
parts.
Shak.
5. A consecution or succession of connected things;
a series. "A train of happy sentiments." I. Watts.
The train of ills our love would draw behind
it.
Addison.
Rivers now
Stream and perpetual draw their humid train.
Milton.
Other truths require a train of ideas placed in
order.
Locke.
6. Regular method; process; course; order; as,
things now in a train for settlement.
If things were once in this train, . . . our duty
would take root in our nature.
Swift.
7. The number of beats of a watch in any certain
time.
8. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a
charge, mine, or the like.
9. A connected line of cars or carriages on a
railroad.
10. A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the
transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
11. (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12-
inch train.
Roll train, or Train of rolls
(Rolling Mill), a set of plain or grooved rolls for rolling
metal into various forms by a series of consecutive operations. --
Train mile (Railroads), a unit employed in
estimating running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of miles
run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads, as within a given
time, or for a given expenditure; -- called also mile run. --
Train of artillery, any number of cannon, mortars,
etc., with the attendants and carriages which follow them into the
field. Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.). -- Train of
mechanism, a series of moving pieces, as wheels and pinions,
each of which is follower to that which drives it, and driver to that which
follows it. -- Train road, a slight railway for
small cars, -- used for construction, or in mining. -- Train
tackle (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and
out.
Syn. -- Cars. -- Train, Cars. Train is the
word universally used in England with reference to railroad traveling; as,
I came in the morning train. In the United States, the phrase the
cars has been extensively introduced in the room of train; as,
the cars are late; I came in the cars. The English expression
is obviously more appropriate, and is prevailing more and more among
Americans, to the exclusion of the cars.
Train (?), n. 1. A
heavy long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of
merchandise, wood, and the like.
2. (Mil.) 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.
Train (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Trained (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Training.] [OF. trahiner, traïner,F.
traîner, LL. trahinare, trainare, fr. L.
trahere to draw. See Trail.]
1. To draw along; to trail; to drag.
In hollow cube
Training his devilish enginery.
Milton.
2. To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to
attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure. [Obs.]
If but a dozen French
Were there in arms, they would be as a call
To train ten thousand English to their side.
Shak.
O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy
note.
Shak.
This feast, I'll gage my life,
Is but a plot to train you to your ruin.
Ford.
3. 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.
Our trained bands, which are the trustiest and most
proper strength of a free nation.
Milton.
The warrior horse here bred he's taught to
train.
Dryden.
4. To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as
oxen.
5. (Hort.) 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.
He trained the young branches to the right hand or to
the left.
Jeffrey.
6. (Mining) To trace, as a lode or any
mineral appearance, to its head.
To train a gun (Mil. & Naut.), to point it
at some object either forward or else abaft the beam, that is, not directly
on the side. Totten. -- To train, or
To train up, to educate; to teach; to form by
instruction or practice; to bring up.
Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he
is old, he will not depart from it.
Prov. xxii. 6.
The first Christians were, by great hardships, trained
up for glory.
Tillotson.
Train, v. i. 1. To be
drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.
2. To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc.,
for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.
Train, n. [F. train, OF.
traïn, trahin; cf. (for some of the senses) F.
traine. See Train, v.] 1.
That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or
enticement; allurement. [Obs.] "Now to my charms, and to my wily
trains." Milton.
2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a
hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare. Halliwell.
With cunning trains him to entrap un
wares.
Spenser.
3. That which is drawn along in the rear of, or
after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.
Specifically : --
(a) That part of a gown which trails behind the
wearer.
(b) (Mil.) The after part of a gun carriage;
the trail.
(c) The tail of a bird. "The train
steers their flights, and turns their bodies, like the rudder of ship."
Ray.
4. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a
retinue; a suite.
The king's daughter with a lovely train.
Addison.
My train are men of choice and rarest
parts.
Shak.
5. A consecution or succession of connected things;
a series. "A train of happy sentiments." I. Watts.
The train of ills our love would draw behind
it.
Addison.
Rivers now
Stream and perpetual draw their humid train.
Milton.
Other truths require a train of ideas placed in
order.
Locke.
6. Regular method; process; course; order; as,
things now in a train for settlement.
If things were once in this train, . . . our duty
would take root in our nature.
Swift.
7. The number of beats of a watch in any certain
time.
8. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a
charge, mine, or the like.
9. A connected line of cars or carriages on a
railroad.
10. A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the
transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
11. (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12-
inch train.
Roll train, or Train of rolls
(Rolling Mill), a set of plain or grooved rolls for rolling
metal into various forms by a series of consecutive operations. --
Train mile (Railroads), a unit employed in
estimating running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of miles
run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads, as within a given
time, or for a given expenditure; -- called also mile run. --
Train of artillery, any number of cannon, mortars,
etc., with the attendants and carriages which follow them into the
field. Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.). -- Train of
mechanism, a series of moving pieces, as wheels and pinions,
each of which is follower to that which drives it, and driver to that which
follows it. -- Train road, a slight railway for
small cars, -- used for construction, or in mining. -- Train
tackle (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and
out.
Syn. -- Cars. -- Train, Cars. Train is the
word universally used in England with reference to railroad traveling; as,
I came in the morning train. In the United States, the phrase the
cars has been extensively introduced in the room of train; as,
the cars are late; I came in the cars. The English expression
is obviously more appropriate, and is prevailing more and more among
Americans, to the exclusion of the cars.
Train (?), n. 1. A
heavy long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of
merchandise, wood, and the like.
2. (Mil.) 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.
