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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
rail
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Examples
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Only one thing I will warn thee, good Adam, that henceforth and for ever, when thou railest at me for being somewhat hot at hand, and rather too prompt to out with poniard or so, thy admonition shall serve as a prologue to the memorable adventure of the switching of Saint
The Abbot 2008
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Thou grumblest and railest every hour on Achilles, and thou art as full of envy at his greatness as Cerberus is at Proserpinas beauty, ay that thou barkest at him.
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'Thou railest on thy poor, good, within an ace of honest master, and bestowest alms on a "vopper."'
The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849
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"Thou hast not yet tasted the sweets of this world's comfits, and thou railest at them?"
Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Charles Kingsley 1847
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Thou grumblest & railest euery houre on A-chilles,
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Thou grumblest and railest every hour on Achilles, and thou art as full of envy at his greatness as
Troilus and Cressida 1601
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“Thou hast not yet tasted the sweets of this world’s comfits, and thou railest at them?”
Westward Ho! 2007
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Bentley having spoken thus, Scaliger, bestowing him a sour look, "Miscreant prater!" said he, "eloquent only in thine own eyes, thou railest without wit, or truth, or discretion.
The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces Jonathan Swift 1706
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