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Expressing reproach; insulting. Angels which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them. 2 Pet. ii. 11.

With scoffing or insulting language.

Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment. Let raillery be without malice or heat. B. Jonson. Studies employed on low objects; the very naming of them is sufficient to turn them into raillery. Addison.

A banterer; a jester; a mocker. [R.] Wycherley.

A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure.

The construction of a railroad; the business of managing or operating a railroad. [Colloq. U. S.]

Like a rat's tale in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File.

Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat. Rat-tailed larva (Zoöl.), the larva of a fly of the genus Eristalis. See Eristalis. -- Rat-tailed serpent (Zoöl.), the fer-de-lance. -- Rat-tailed shrew (Zoöl.), the musk shrew.

Having a red tail. Red-tailed hawk (Zoöl.), a large North American hawk (Buteo borealis). When adult its tail is chestnut red. Called also hen hawck, and red-tailed buzzard.

The red-tailed hawk.

To sail again; also, to sail back, as to a former port.

Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.

One who retails anything; as, a retailer of merchandise; a retailer of gossip.

The act of retailing.

Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color. Ring- tailed cat (Zoöl.), the cacomixle. -- Ring-tailed eagle (Zoöl.), a young golden eagle.

See Ringtail,2.

A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.

Artificial rockwork made of rough stones and cement, as for gardens.

y species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidæ; -- so called from their rough tails.

Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.