Dictionary

rail en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /reɪl/ (South-Asia)
• /reːl/ (South-Asia) pane–pain merger
• rāl
• [ɹeɪ(ə)ɫ]
• /raɪl/ (South-Asia) spelling pronunciation
• (US) audio
• /ɹeɪ(ə)l/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti Proto-Italic *regō Latin regō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom Latin -ula Latin rēgulabor. Proto-West Germanic *regulu Old English regol ▲ Latin rēgula Old French reillebor. Middle English rail English rail From Middle English rail, rayl, *reȝel, *reȝol (found in reȝolsticke (“a ruler”)), partly from Old English regol (“a ruler, straight bar”) and partly from Old French reille; both from Latin regula (“rule, bar”), from regō (“to rule, to guide, to govern”); see regular. Doublet of regal, regula, rigol, and rule.

Meanings

1. A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
   • Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
2. The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
   • A "moving platform" scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
3. A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
   • rail transport
   • It is impossible not to share the mood of excitement, of self-confidence, of pride, which seized those who lived through this heroic age of the engineers, as the railway first linked Channel and Mediterranean, as it became possible to travel by rail to Seville, to Moscow, to Brindisi, as the iron tracks pushed westwards across the North American prairies and mountains and across the Indian sub-continent in the 1860s, up the Nile valley, and into the hinterlands of Latin America in the 1870s. 1975, Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Capital. 1848-1875, published 1995, page 72:
   • We travelled to the seaside by rail.
   • a small Scottish village not accessible by rail
4. A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
   • There has been another, fairly gradual change in the ATX specification: Initially a lot of power was supplied on the 5V and 3.3V rails, but over time more and more power shifted to 12V because it's more efficient. Modern (ATX12V 2.x) PSUs supply most of their power on the 12V rail and not a lot on the 5V rail, which means a modern PSU may not be able to supply an old board, unless it's a really beefy PSU—because providing 500W on the 12V rail is of very little use to an AT or early ATX system. 2019 December 5, Michal Necasek, “Power Trouble”, in OS/2 Museum, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2022:
   • ISA devices draw power from the +5 V, −5 V, +12 V, and −12 V rails of the power supply unit.
5. A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
6. One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
   • Rails alone can only ever have a marginal effect on a board's general turning ability. c. 2000, Nick Carroll, surfline.com http://www.surfline.com/community/whoknows/10_21_rails.cfm
7. (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
   • We're experimenting with ads in the right-hand rail.
8. A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
   • Do a couple rails and chase your own tail 2013, Jason Isbell, Super 8:
9. Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
10. The raised edge of the game board.

Forms

Deriveds

hanging rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · bow rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · non-rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · dado rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railbound (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail-carriage (Terms derived from the noun rail) · tilt rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · conductor rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railman (Terms derived from the noun rail) · tram rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · grabrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail grab (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railbank (Terms derived from the noun rail) · loot rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · high-speed rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railbuff (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railbus (Terms derived from the noun rail) · flat rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railcar (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail and stile (Terms derived from the noun rail) · road-rail vehicle (Terms derived from the noun rail) · hatrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · towel rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · running rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · pedrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail saver (Terms derived from the noun rail) · interrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · shower rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · handrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · Vignoles rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · toprail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · ground rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail vehicle (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail joint (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railtour (Terms derived from the noun rail) · common rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · inrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · put the bottom rail on top (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railside (Terms derived from the noun rail) · on the rails (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railless (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail-motor (Terms derived from the noun rail) · anti-rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · antirail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail brake (Terms derived from the noun rail) · heavy rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · K-rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railgun (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railroad (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railfare (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railcard (Terms derived from the noun rail) · road-rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · on the rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail gauge (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail-served (Terms derived from the noun rail) · cant rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · edge rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · guardrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · sliprail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · picture rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · footrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · ride the rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · flanged T rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · thin as a rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · third rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail transport (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail train (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail motor (Terms derived from the noun rail) · commuter rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail fence cipher (Terms derived from the noun rail) · Network Rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail spike (Terms derived from the noun rail) · crossrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail replacement service (Terms derived from the noun rail) · guide rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · hot rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · by rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · hitching rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail liquor (Terms derived from the noun rail) · Virginia rail fence (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail freight (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail fare (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railborne (Terms derived from the noun rail) · framerail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · sand rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · false rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail anchor (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railful (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail fly (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail yard (Terms derived from the noun rail) · on rails (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail tour (Terms derived from the noun rail) · ride on a rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · side rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · hollow rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · live rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · split rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · Picatinny rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · bullrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railhead (Terms derived from the noun rail) · check rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail hail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · grab rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railworks (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railmotor (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail track (Terms derived from the noun rail) · monkey rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · tramrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · cantrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail roko (Terms derived from the noun rail) · light rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · split rail fence (Terms derived from the noun rail) · chair rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · bedrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail head (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail-thin (Terms derived from the noun rail) · motorail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail drink (Terms derived from the noun rail) · guiderail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railbed (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railage (Terms derived from the noun rail) · skinny as a rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railfan (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail shooter (Terms derived from the noun rail) · hitchrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railway (Terms derived from the noun rail) · hi-rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · frame rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · strap rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail turn (Terms derived from the noun rail) · breastrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · monorail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · ultra light rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail wagon (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail-based (Terms derived from the noun rail) · hydrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railer (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail terminal (Terms derived from the noun rail) · headrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · landrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · higher-speed rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railwoman (Terms derived from the noun rail) · seat rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · bullhead rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · power rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · enrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · midrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · fife-rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · nonrail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · fly rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railbike (Terms derived from the noun rail) · wing rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · fourth rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail grinder (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railfanning (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail line (Terms derived from the noun rail) · cograil (Terms derived from the noun rail) · skateboard rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · pro-rail (Terms derived from the noun rail) · railjoint (Terms derived from the noun rail) · ride the rails (Terms derived from the noun rail) · rail trail (Terms derived from the noun rail)

Descendants

reli · ਰੇਲ · རི་ལི (train) · rail · ray · raíl · rail · rầy · rail · இரயில் · ரயில் · レール

Synonyms

stringer · stile

Translations (97)

de Geländer (horizontal bar; railing) · th ราง (metal bar) · no slå (for dør) (horizontal piece of wood in a door or window) · ru пери́ла (horizontal bar; railing) · pt trilho (metal bar) · cs kolejnice (metal bar) · ro șină (metal bar) · ja 線路 (metal bar) · hy ռելս (metal bar) · it corrimano (horizontal bar; railing) · bg парапет (horizontal bar; railing) · no skinne (metal bar) · ja 手摺 (horizontal bar; railing) · es riel (metal bar) · es raíl (metal bar) · no sprosse (i vindu) (horizontal piece of wood in a door or window) · km រេណបថ (metal bar) · fi ratakisko (metal bar) · de Fensterkreuz (horizontal piece of wood in a door or window) · mi tangotango (horizontal bar; railing) · sv spröjs (horizontal piece of wood in a door or window) · bg перило (horizontal bar; railing) · fi kisko (metal bar) · be рэ́йка (metal bar) · mi tārawa (horizontal bar; railing) · ru по́ручень (horizontal bar; railing) · it barra (horizontal piece of wood in a door or window) · ru попере́чина (horizontal bar; railing) · ota پرمق (horizontal bar; railing) · pl szyna (metal bar) · de Türkreuz (horizontal piece of wood in a door or window) · sv räcke (horizontal bar; railing) · mi puringa (horizontal bar; railing) · de Balken (horizontal piece of wood in a door or window) · de (naut.) Reling (horizontal bar; railing) · pt corrimão (horizontal bar; railing) · ga ráille (horizontal bar; railing) · it divisorio (horizontal piece of wood in a door or window) · it battagliola (lengthwise edges of a surfboard) · mi rōau (horizontal bar; railing) · pl poręcz (horizontal bar; railing) · sh tračnica (metal bar) · ko 레일 (metal bar) · it ringhiera (horizontal bar; railing) · nl regel (horizontal bar; railing) · ko 선로 (metal bar) · pt carril (metal bar) · cs kolej (metal bar) · it parapetto (horizontal bar; railing) · bg релса (metal bar) · uk ре́йка (metal bar) · es rail (metal bar) · ja レール (metal bar) · it inferriata (horizontal bar; railing) · el κάγκελο (horizontal bar; railing) · no rekkverk (horizontal bar; railing) · pt ferrovia (horizontal bar; railing) · ja 手すり (horizontal bar; railing) · mi kaho (horizontal bar; railing) · cs koleje (metal bar) · eo relo (metal bar) · hu sín (metal bar) · mi rōau (horizontal piece of wood in a door or window) · es barandilla (horizontal bar; railing) · da skinne (metal bar) · de Schiene (metal bar) · mi huapae (horizontal bar; railing) · sv slå (horizontal piece of wood in a door or window) · sv skena (metal bar) · el ράγα (horizontal bar; railing) · it asta divisoria (horizontal piece of wood in a door or window) · gd rèile (metal bar) · ca barana (horizontal bar; railing) · sv räls (metal bar) · nl rail (metal bar) · es barandal (horizontal bar; railing) · ru рельс (metal bar) · ru перекла́дина (horizontal bar; railing) · ka რელსი (metal bar) · gd rèile (horizontal bar; railing) · fr rail (metal bar) · el ράγα (metal bar) · sh šina (metal bar) · de Gleis (metal bar) · ca carril (metal bar) · nl rail (horizontal bar; railing) · no gelender (horizontal bar; railing) · it balaustra (horizontal bar; railing) · es barra (horizontal bar; railing) · cs zábradlí (horizontal bar; railing) · it grata (horizontal bar; railing) · fa ریل (metal bar) · cmn 鐵軌 /铁轨 (metal bar) · de Kreuz (horizontal piece of wood in a door or window) · it rotaia (metal bar) · cmn 軌 /轨 (metal bar) · fi kaide (horizontal bar; railing)

rail en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /reɪl/ (South-Asia)
• /reːl/ (South-Asia) pane–pain merger
• rāl
• [ɹeɪ(ə)ɫ]
• /raɪl/ (South-Asia) spelling pronunciation
• (US) audio
• /ɹeɪ(ə)l/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti Proto-Italic *regō Latin regō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom Latin -ula Latin rēgulabor. Proto-West Germanic *regulu Old English regol ▲ Latin rēgula Old French reillebor. Middle English rail English rail From Middle English rail, rayl, *reȝel, *reȝol (found in reȝolsticke (“a ruler”)), partly from Old English regol (“a ruler, straight bar”) and partly from Old French reille; both from Latin regula (“rule, bar”), from regō (“to rule, to guide, to govern”); see regular. Doublet of regal, regula, rigol, and rule.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To travel by railway.
   • Mottram of the Indian Survey had ridden thirty and railed one hundred miles from his lonely post in the desert […] 1890, Rudyard Kipling, At the End of the Passage:
2. (of rolling stock, transitive) To place on a track.
3. (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
   • They ought to rail off the playground.
   • It ought to be fenced in and railed. 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:
4. (transitive) To range in a line.
   • They were brought to London all railed in ropes, like a team of horses in a cart. 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
5. (slang, transitive, vulgar) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
6. (slang, transitive) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
   • All I can think about is being seventeen days sober and desperate to rail a line of blow after last night's group outing to see Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring (at my request), which, in hindsight, was a fucking dumb thing for a rehab to approve of. 2025 May 27, Tommy Dorfman, “Finding God”, in Maybe This Will Save Me: A Memoir of Art, Addiction and Transformation, Harlequin, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

unrail · derail · rerail

Translations (8)

fi matkustaa junalla (to travel by railway) · bg ограждам (to enclose with rails) · bg заграждам (to enclose with rails) · sv tåga (to travel by railway) · fi järjestää jonoon (to range in line) · fi reilata (to travel by railway) · bg пътувам с влак (to travel by railway) · fi aidata (to enclose with rails)

rail en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /reɪl/ (South-Asia)
• /reːl/ (South-Asia) pane–pain merger
• rāl
• [ɹeɪ(ə)ɫ]
• /raɪl/ (South-Asia) spelling pronunciation
• (US) audio
• /ɹeɪ(ə)l/

Etymology

From French râle, rale, from Middle French raalle, from Old French rasle. Compare Medieval Latin rallus. Named from its harsh cry, Vulgar Latin *rasculum, from Latin rādere (“to scrape”).

Meanings

1. Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.

Forms

Deriveds

chestnut rail · invisible rail · mangrove rail · Calayan rail · Zapata rail · banded rail · Okinawa rail · king rail · Mexican rail · barred rail · rail-babbler · Rouget's rail · railbird · Nkulengu rail · grey-throated rail · wood rail · snoring rail · white-throated rail · clapper rail · forest rail · raillike · Aldabra rail · Cuvier's rail · Inaccessible Island rail · water rail · Roviana rail · pink-legged rail · Chatham rail · red rail · Virginia rail · Laysan rail · Guam rail · Aztec rail · Ridgway's rail · Woodford's rail · New Guinea flightless rail · Dieffenbach's rail · bar-winged rail · buff-banded rail

Relateds

ralline · corncrake

Translations (22)

frm rale (small bird in the family Rallidae) · frm rasle (small bird in the family Rallidae) · ta காணாங்கோழி (small bird in the family Rallidae) · cy rhegen (small bird in the family Rallidae) · nl ral (small bird in the family Rallidae) · hu guvat (small bird in the family Rallidae) · it rallo (small bird in the family Rallidae) · fi rantakana (small bird in the family Rallidae) · ja 水鶏 (small bird in the family Rallidae) · es rascón (small bird in the family Rallidae) · it porciglione (small bird in the family Rallidae) · nrf râle (small bird in the family Rallidae) · de Ralle (small bird in the family Rallidae) · tl tikling (small bird in the family Rallidae) · la rallus (small bird in the family Rallidae) · sl capovoznik (small bird in the family Rallidae) · fr râle (small bird in the family Rallidae) · bg дърдавец (small bird in the family Rallidae) · ja 秧鶏 (small bird in the family Rallidae) · ru пастушо́к (small bird in the family Rallidae) · fa یلوه (small bird in the family Rallidae) · sv rall (small bird in the family Rallidae)

rail en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /reɪl/ (South-Asia)
• /reːl/ (South-Asia) pane–pain merger
• rāl
• [ɹeɪ(ə)ɫ]
• /raɪl/ (South-Asia) spelling pronunciation
• (US) audio
• /ɹeɪ(ə)l/

Etymology

From Middle French railler.

Meanings

1. To complain violently (against, about).
   • Till thou canst raile the seale from off my bond Thou but offend'st thy Lungs to speake so loud: Repaire thy wit good youth, or it will fall To endlesse ruine. I stand heere for Law. c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. […] (First Quarto), [London]: […] J[ames] Roberts [for Thomas Heyes], published 1600, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
   • He always said: “Let them rail on; he laughs best who laughs last.” 1882, Mark Twain, “The Stolen White Elephant”:
   • The Major’s fury clothed and reclothed itself in words as frantically as a woman up in town for one day’s shopping tries on a succession of garments. He reviled and railed at fate and the general scheme of things, he pitied himself with a strong, deep pity too poignant for tears, he condemned every one with whom he had ever come in contact to endless and abnormal punishments. 1910, "Saki", H. H. Munro, The Bag,https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1870/1870-h/1870-h.htm#page75
   • The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold. 2012 June 4, Lewis Smith, “Queen’s English Society says enuf is enough, innit?: Society formed 40 years ago to protect language against poor spelling and grammar closes because too few people care”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2016:
   • Chief Joyi railed against the white man, whom he believed had deliberately sundered the Xhosa tribe, dividing brother from brother. 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 27:

Forms

Deriveds

rail out · raillery

Synonyms

inveigh · rail out · fulminate

Translations (14)

fi vaahdota (to complain) · fi haukkua (to complain) · de hetzen (to complain) · ru руга́ть (to complain) · it inveire (to complain) · he התלונן (to complain) · sv raljera (to complain) · ja 罵る (to complain) · sv skälla (to complain) · it recriminare (to complain) · it lamentarsi (to complain) · fi hyökätä (to complain) · ja ゴネる (to complain) · sv smäda (to complain)

rail en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• /reɪl/ (South-Asia)
• /reːl/ (South-Asia) pane–pain merger
• rāl
• [ɹeɪ(ə)ɫ]
• /raɪl/ (South-Asia) spelling pronunciation
• (US) audio
• /ɹeɪ(ə)l/

Etymology

From Middle English rail, reil, from Old English hræġl (“garment, dress, robe”). Cognate with Old Frisian hreil, reil, Old Saxon hregil, Old High German hregil (“clothing, garment, dress”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress.
2. (obsolete) Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief.
   • A course hempen raile about her shoulders. 1592, Thomas Nashe, Pierce Penniless:

Forms

Deriveds

night-rail

rail en · VERB · etymology 5

Pronunciation

• /reɪl/ (South-Asia)
• /reːl/ (South-Asia) pane–pain merger
• rāl
• [ɹeɪ(ə)ɫ]
• /raɪl/ (South-Asia) spelling pronunciation
• (US) audio
• /ɹeɪ(ə)l/

Etymology

Probably from Anglo-Norman raier, Middle French raier.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, of a liquid) To gush; to flow.
   • his breste and his brayle was bloodé – and hit rayled all over the see. 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum iv”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
   • So furiously each other did assayle, / As if their soules they would attonce haue rent / Out of their brests, that streames of bloud did rayle / Adowne, as if their springes of life were spent[…]. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
2. (obsolete, of wind) To blow.

Forms