Bible Dictionaries
Train

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A heavy long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.

(2):

(v.) The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.

(3):

(v.) That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement.

(4):

(v. i.) To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.

(5):

(v.) A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.

(6):

(v.) Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare.

(7):

(v.) Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.

(8):

(v. i.) To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.

(9):

(v.) That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.

(10):

(v. t.) To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.

(11):

(v. t.) 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.

(12):

(v. t.) To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.

(13):

(v. t.) 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.

(14):

(n.) 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.

(15):

(v.) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.

(16):

(v.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.

(17):

(v.) A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.

(18):

(v.) A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.

(19):

(v.) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.

(20):

(v. t.) To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.

(21):

(v. t.) To draw along; to trail; to drag.

(22):

(v.) A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like.

(23):

(v.) The tail of a bird.

(24):

(v.) A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Train'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/train.html. 1828.