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The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.

amework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like.

The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural. Howell.

easure is divided into three equal parts. -- Triple valve, in an automatic air brake for railroad cars, the valve under each car, by means of which the brake is controlled by a change of pressure in the air pipe leading from the locomotive.

A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like. [Eng.]

Footpath; pavement; sidewalk. Headless bodies trailed along the trottoirs. Froude.

, large breeches formerly worn, reaching to the knees. -- Trunk line, the main line of a railway, canal, or route of conveyance. -- Trunk turtle (Zoöl.), the leatherback.

An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like.

One of a body of native Algerian tirailleurs in the French army, dressed as a Turk. [Written also Turco.]

A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch.

A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate.

The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes, entrails, in general. [Written also humbles.] Johnson.

To deprive of the entrails; to disembowel. Dr. H. More.

dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; to disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars.

Done or occurring out of sight; secret. [Colloq.] Underground railroad or railway. See under Railroad.

ummation. I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the upshot. Shak. We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence. De Quincey.

Polite wit; facetiousness. [Obs.] Dryden. Raillery in the sauce of civil entertainment; and without some such tincture of urbanity, good humor falters. L'Estrange.

A close railway car for baggage. See the Note under Car, 2. [Eng.]

velvety stem and leaves; -- called also soft grass. -- Velvet runner (Zoöl.), the water rail; -- so called from its quiet, stealthy manner of running. [Prov. Eng.] -- Velvet scoter. (Zoöl.) Same as Velvet duck, above. -- Velvet sponge. (Zoöl.) See under Sponge.

between the nymphæ, in which the orifice of the urethra is situated. -- Vestibule train (Railroads), a train of passenger cars having the space between the end doors of adjacent cars inclosed, so as to admit of leaving the doors open to provide for intercommunication between all the cars.