Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A railroad-track with a cog-rail, used on grades too steep for smooth wheels.
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Examples
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Whenever we left or took his car, after the beginning or ending of the cogway, he was alert to see that we made the right change to or from it, and that we no more overpaid than underpaid him.
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Whenever we left or took his car, after the beginning or ending of the cogway, he was alert to see that we made the right change to or from it, and that we no more overpaid than underpaid him.
Familiar Spanish Travels William Dean Howells 1878
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