TRAM

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore.

2.
n.

The shaft of a cart. [Prov. Eng.] De Quincey.

3.
n.

One of the rails of a tramway.

4.
n.

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.

5.
n.

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.


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