Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tram"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tram \Tram\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trammed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tramming}.]
To convey or transport on a tramway or on a tram car.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tram \Tram\, v. i.
To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway; to travel
by tramway.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tram \Tram\, n. (Mech.)
Same as {Trammel}, n., 6.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tram \Tram\, n. [Prov. E. tram a coal wagon, the shaft of a cart
or carriage, a beam or bar; probably of Scand, origin; cf.
OSw. tr[*a]m, trum, a beam, OD. drom, Prov. & OHG. tram.]
1. A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine,
as for carrying coal or ore.
2. The shaft of a cart. [Prov. Eng.] --De Quincey.
3. One of the rails of a tramway.
4. A car on a horse railroad. [Eng.]
{Tram car}, a car made to run on a tramway, especially a
street railway car.
{Tram plate}, a flat piece of iron laid down as a rail.
{Tram pot} (Milling), the step and support for the lower end
of the spindle of a millstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tram \Tram\, n. [Sp. trama weft, or F. trame.]
A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together,
used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best
quality of velvets and silk goods.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tram
n 1: a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in
carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series
of towers [syn: {tramway}, {aerial tramway}, {cable
tramway}, {ropeway}]
2: a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a
tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine" [syn: {tramcar}]
3: a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by
electricity: "`tram' and `tramcar' are British terms"
[syn: {streetcar}, {tramcar}, {trolley}, {trolley car}]
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