AI & ChatGPT searches , social queriess for TRAIN ROBBERY
Search references for TRAIN ROBBERY. Phrases containing TRAIN ROBBERY
See searches and references containing TRAIN ROBBERY!
Search references for TRAIN ROBBERY. Phrases containing TRAIN ROBBERY
See searches and references containing TRAIN ROBBERY!TRAIN ROBBERY
Type of robbery involving the theft of money/valuables being carried aboard trains
early 19th century, trains have often been the target of robbery, in which the goal is to steal money or other valuables. Train robbery was especially common
Train_robbery
1963 robbery in Ledburn, England
The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million (worth about £64 million in 2024) from a Royal Mail train travelling from Glasgow to London, on
Great_Train_Robbery_(1963)
1978 film by Michael Crichton
The First Great Train Robbery (known in the United States as The Great Train Robbery) is a 1978 British heist comedy film directed by Michael Crichton
The_First_Great_Train_Robbery
Topics referred to by the same term
The Great Train Robbery may refer to: Great Train Robbery (1963), of £2.6 million from a British train Great Gold Robbery, of gold worth £12,000 from
The_Great_Train_Robbery
American western film by Edwin S. Porter
The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 American silent Western action film made by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company. It follows a gang
The Great Train Robbery (1903 film)
The_Great_Train_Robbery_(1903_film)
British television drama
The Great Train Robbery is a two-part British television historical drama, written by Chris Chibnall, that was first broadcast on BBC One on 18 and 19
The Great Train Robbery (2013 TV series)
The_Great_Train_Robbery_(2013_TV_series)
Novel by Michael Crichton
The Great Train Robbery is a best-selling 1975 historical novel written by Michael Crichton, his third novel under his own name and his thirteenth novel
The Great Train Robbery (novel)
The_Great_Train_Robbery_(novel)
Train robbery that took place in Albany County, Wyoming
The Wilcox train robbery also known as the Wilcox Holdup was a train robbery that took place in the early morning of June 2, 1899 in the vicinity of Wilcox
Wilcox_train_robbery
1905 film
Train Robbery is a 1905 American silent Western film directed by Edwin S. Porter. It is a parodic sequel/remake to Porter's 1903 film The Great Train
The_Little_Train_Robbery
The Small Train Robbery (Mala pljačka vlaka) is a Yugoslavian film, a western parody directed by Dejan Šorak and starring Bata Živojinović, Miodrag Krivokapić
The_Small_Train_Robbery
English criminal
English criminal who masterminded the 1963 Great Train Robbery. At the time it was Britain's largest robbery, netting £2,631,684, equivalent to £73.7 million
Bruce_Reynolds
Train robbery in Sallins, Ireland in 1976
The Sallins Train robbery occurred in Ireland on 31 March 1976 when the Cork to Dublin mail train was robbed near Sallins in County Kildare. Approximately
Sallins_Train_robbery
1925 train robbery in Kakori, India
The Kakori train Action was a train robbery that took place at Kakori, a village near Lucknow, on 9 August 1925, during the Indian independence movement
Kakori_conspiracy
This is a chronological list of train robberies that occurred in the United States from the 1860s to 2025. "Stealing the General - Russell S. Bonds".
List of train robberies in the United States
List_of_train_robberies_in_the_United_States
1966 British film by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery is a 1966 British comedy film, directed by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat and starring a selection of actors from
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
The_Great_St._Trinian's_Train_Robbery
1874 train robbery in Gads Hill, Missouri
The Gads Hill Train Robbery (also known as the Great Missouri Train Robbery) was a crime committed by the James–Younger Gang in Gads Hill, Missouri. In
Gads_Hill_Train_Robbery
Gurkha soldier
Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak medal for his gallant conduct during an armed train robbery. Shrestha was born in Bachchha Deurali Khola, ward no. 9 of Parbat district
Bishnu_Shrestha
1900 crime in Arizona
The Fairbank train robbery occurred on the night of February 15, 1900, when some bandits attempted to hold up a Wells Fargo express car at the town of
Fairbank_train_robbery
British chocolate bar made by Cadbury
New Zealand's longest-running television advertisement, the "Crunchie Train Robbery" which won many awards and ran in unchanged form for over 20 years from
Crunchie
1924 train robbery and murders in Spain
The Andalusian mail train robbery, also known as the crime on the Andalusian express, consisted of a robbery and murder that took place on 11 April 1924
Andalusian_Mail_Train_Robbery
1967 British film by Peter Yates
Booth. The story is a heavily fictionalised version of the 1963 Great Train Robbery. The film was produced by Stanley Baker and Michael Deeley, for Baker's
Robbery_(1967_film)
1855 British train heist
Great Train Robbery, with Sean Connery portraying Pierce. South Eastern Railway (SER) In 1855 the South Eastern Railway (SER) ran a boat train service
Great_Gold_Robbery
Criminal organization
Missouri, the home of most of the members. Membership fluctuated from robbery to robbery, as the outlaws' raids were usually separated by many months. As well
James–Younger_Gang
English criminal (1929–2013)
2013) was a British criminal who helped plan and carry out the Great Train Robbery of 1963. He subsequently became notorious for his escape from prison
Ronnie_Biggs
1983 bullion robbery in London
The Brink's-Mat robbery of 26 November 1983 was one of the largest robberies in British history, with £26 million (equivalent to £290 million in 2025)
Brink's-Mat_robbery
1926 film
The Great K & A Train Robbery is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Tom Mix and Dorothy Dwan. The film is based
The_Great_K_&_A_Train_Robbery
English criminal
solicitor's clerk who was one of the masterminds of the 1963 Great Train Robbery. He was the crucial link between the key informant, known only as "Ulsterman"
Brian_Field
Group of outlaws in the American Old West
were brothers. The gang specialized in bank and train robberies. During an attempted double bank robbery in Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1892, two of the brothers
Dalton_Gang
English economist and journalist (born 1969)
Britain's Train Hell. Dispatches. Channel 4. 2019. Britain's New-Build Scandal. Dispatches. Channel 4. 2019. HS2: The Great Train Robbery. Dispatches
Liam_Halligan
American outlaw (1847–1882)
On July 21, 1873, the James–Younger gang turned to train robbery, derailing a Rock Island Line train west of Adair, Iowa, and stealing approximately $3
Jesse_James
American author and filmmaker (1942–2008)
including: The Andromeda Strain (1969), The Terminal Man (1972), The Great Train Robbery (1975), Congo (1980), Sphere (1987), Jurassic Park (1990), Rising Sun
Michael_Crichton
Film genre
the genre. Although other Western films were made earlier, The Great Train Robbery (1903) is often considered to mark the beginning of the genre. Westerns
Western_film
British sculptor and musician
masks. He is the son of Bruce Reynolds, the mastermind of the Great Train Robbery. Reynolds and his work were the subject of radio programme Death Masks:
Nick_Reynolds_(sculptor)
1912 robbery of a Southern Pacific freight train in Texas
The Baxter's Curve Train Robbery, also known as the Sanderson Train Robbery, occurred in 1912 near the town of Sanderson, Texas. Ben Kilpatrick and his
Baxter's_Curve_Train_Robbery
1986 single by Black Uhuru
"Great Train Robbery" is a song by Jamaican reggae group Black Uhuru. It was recorded at Music Mountain Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, and released as
Great_Train_Robbery_(song)
Hungarian outlaw
the derailed train. Several of Rózsa's companions died in the robbery, and he himself was wounded in the knee. Soon after the failed robbery, Rózsa was
Sándor_Rózsa
2012 British television series
famous crimes in British history, the Great Train Robbery of August 1963. The aftermath of the train robbery and Biggs subsequent escape from prison leads
Mrs_Biggs
2024 Indian film by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
Productions and Sikhya Entertainment. The film, which is inspired by a train robbery experienced by Bhat in 1995, stars Lakshya, Raghav Juyal, Ashish Vidyarthi
Kill_(film)
British class of diesel-electric locomotives
D318 (since preserved) appeared in the film Robbery, a fictionalised version of the Great Train Robbery. Seven locomotives, with a cab end from 40088
British_Rail_Class_40
British criminal (1931–1994)
criminal who was a member of the gang that committed the 1963 Great Train Robbery. He had also been a boxer, and owned a nightclub and a flower shop.
Buster_Edwards
American politician
1883, a train robbery took place at a way station called Gage, near Silver City, with $830.60 being stolen. During the robbery, the train engineer,
Harvey_Whitehill
2000 film
587: The Great Train Robbery, also known as Old No. 587: The Great Train Robbery, is a 2000 American family drama film directed by Dan T. Hall and starring
587:_The_Great_Train_Robbery
Indian freedom fighter
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) "Kakori Train Robbery December 19, 1927 : the Story of Real Freedom Fighters". www.ibtl.in
Keshab_Chakravarthy
1995 action comedy film by Joseph Ruben
enclosure. Grace persuades John to intervene in Charlie's robbery. Charlie enters the money train from beneath, throws out the driver and drives it to the
Money_Train
British-American actress (1948–2004)
family. Her most notable role was Georgina in The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery in 1966. Following her final film role in 1968's Sebastian, she took
Portland_Mason
English career criminal (1932–1990)
23 April 1990) was an English career criminal. A member of the Great Train Robbery gang, of which he was treasurer. He was shot dead on the doorstep of
Charlie_Wilson_(criminal)
List of Donald Sutherland works
House (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The First Great Train Robbery (1978), Ordinary People (1980), and Eye of the Needle (1981). He later
Donald_Sutherland_filmography
Lawman and later outlaw of the American Old West
under Sheriff John Slaughter in Cochise County, Arizona, but turned to train robbery by the beginning of the 20th century. Albert W. Alvord was born to Charles
Burt_Alvord
British actress (born 1954)
Strikes Again (1976), A Little Night Music (1977), The First Great Train Robbery (1978), Hanover Street (1979), Rough Cut (1980), Sphinx (1981) and Nomads
Lesley-Anne_Down
Taking something belonging to another by force
(organized robbery; originally referred to robbery of trains); see Wiktionary:robbery for more. In Canada, the Criminal Code makes robbery an indictable
Robbery
Outlaw gang of the early 20th century
engaged in train robbery and bank robbery. From 1919 through 1924, the gang robbed dozens of banks, claiming a total of 75 banks and six trains. According
Newton_Gang
British police officer (1912–1970)
notable for leading the team of detectives that investigated the Great Train Robbery in 1963. Butler was arguably the most renowned head of the Flying Squad
Tommy_Butler
American Old West outlaw
minted gold from San Francisco, California. To date, this is the biggest train robbery to have been committed in the USA. He died as a result of wounds sustained
Sam_Bass_(outlaw)
American outlaw
back. Short turned and they both shot each other to death. The second train robbery by the Dalton Gang in Oklahoma was at a small station called Lelietta
Bob_Dalton
English actor
Constantine's Northern Soul, Ronnie Biggs in the BBC One TV-series The Great Train Robbery (2013 TV series) and Peter Foley in The Crimson Field. On the stage
Jack_Gordon_(actor)
British business magnate (born 1930)
years, Ecclestone was rumoured to have been involved in the 1963 Great Train Robbery. In a 2014 interview, Ecclestone said that this rumour arose from his
Bernie_Ecclestone
1973 film by Burt Kennedy
where to find $500,000 in gold her late husband Matt stole during a train robbery, and she wants to clear the family name for her son. Instead, Lane convinces
The_Train_Robbers
Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-44768-1. Michael Crichton (1975-05-12). The Great Train Robbery. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-49401-2. Michael Crichton (1976). Eaters of the
Michael_Crichton_bibliography
of a woman and her child by heroic firemen. Porter's film, The Great Train Robbery (1903), had a running time of twelve minutes, with twenty separate shots
History_of_film
American outlaw (1874–1912)
from prison, he returned to crime and was killed by a hostage during a train robbery. Kilpatrick was born in Coleman County, Texas, in 1874, the third of
Ben_Kilpatrick
1872 train robbery in La Mancha, Southern Spain
Manzanares Train Robbery occurred in La Mancha in Southern Spain from dawn on March 30 to dawn on March 31, 1872 when the Andalusia to Madrid mail train was
Manzanares_Train_Robbery
Zoo in Texas, United States
Brown to 10 years. Dubbed "the Great (Little) Train Robbery", this holdup has remained the last train robbery in Texas. Phase I of Africa Live!, which opened
San_Antonio_Zoo
2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013. Jake Arnott (12 July 2013). "Great Train Robbery: How Bruce Reynolds became a writer". BBC News. Retrieved 12 July 2013
List_of_British_gangsters
Man who killed Jesse James (1861–1892)
is believed to have taken part in the James–Younger Gang's Blue Cut train robbery in Jackson County, west of Glendale, Missouri (renamed Selsa and now
Robert_Ford_(outlaw)
American film pioneer (1870–1941)
the Beanstalk (1902), Life of an American Fireman (1903), The Great Train Robbery (1903), The European Rest Cure (1904), The Kleptomaniac (1905), Life
Edwin_S._Porter
American animated television series
Hyde"), Gimmick's Henchmen (in "The Great Brain...Train Robbery"), Mumbly (in "The Great Brain...Train Robbery"), Lowbrow (in "What Now, Lowbrow," "The Injustice
Dynomutt,_Dog_Wonder
American outlaw (1863–1901)
cowboy who later became an outlaw. He was executed in 1901 for attempted train robbery. The execution by hanging was botched; he was decapitated because the
Tom_Ketchum
1988 film by David Green
British romantic crime comedy-drama based on events from the Great Train Robbery, starring Phil Collins and Julie Walters. The supporting cast includes
Buster_(film)
is a list of bank robberies, bank robbers and gangs involved in bank robberies. Johann Kastenberger Agricultural Bank of China robbery 2007 Prague G4S heist [cs]
List of bank robbers and robberies
List_of_bank_robbers_and_robberies
1941 film by Joseph Kane
The Great Train Robbery is a 1941 American low-budget B-western film. It was directed by Joseph Kane and starred Bob Steele and Claire Carleton. It was
The Great Train Robbery (1941 film)
The_Great_Train_Robbery_(1941_film)
Welsh actor and singer (born 1979)
British men. In 2016, Evans appeared in the thriller film The Girl on the Train, co-starring Emily Blunt. In 2017, he had the villainous role of Gaston
Luke_Evans
1980 Indian film by Ravi Chopra
The Burning Train is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language action disaster film produced by B.R Chopra and directed by Ravi Chopra. The film features an ensemble
The_Burning_Train
Largest single robbery in the history of the USA Union Pacific Railroad
Pacific Big Springs Robbery was a robbery of a Union Pacific train near present-day Big Springs, Nebraska on September 18, 1877. The robbery was perpetrated
Union Pacific Big Springs robbery
Union_Pacific_Big_Springs_robbery
Coffin allowing the occupant to signal that they are still alive
still alive. A safety coffin appears in the 1978 film The First Great Train Robbery, and more recently in the 2018 film The Nun. Burial vault Taphophobia
Safety_coffin
1976 American TV series or program
Nightcrawler"), Prince (in "The Great Brain...Train Robbery"), Gimmick's Henchmen (in "The Great Brain...Train Robbery") Alan Oppenheimer as Scooby-Dum The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt
The_Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt_Hour
Town in Bedfordshire, England
month after the robbery. Leighton Buzzard station was the location for part of the film Robbery, which is based on the ‘Great Train Robbery’. The UK's first
Leighton_Buzzard
English actor and comedian (1915–1979)
Carry On Emmannuelle (1978) – Richmond The First Great Train Robbery, a.k.a. The Great Train Robbery (1979) – Putnam By Candlelight (1949) (BBC TV) – Linder
Peter_Butterworth
English television writer (born 1970)
Train Robbery, which tells the story of the Great Train Robbery on 8 August 1963. Coincidentally, the first part was shown on the same day that train
Chris_Chibnall
Scottish actor (born 1984)
miniseries The Ice Cream Girls. He appeared as Roy James in The Great Train Robbery. In 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2021 Compston reprised his lead role
Martin_Compston
Indian revolutionary (1906–1931)
of the fund collection was through robberies of government property. He was involved in the Kakori Train Robbery of 1925, the shooting of John P. Saunders
Chandra_Shekhar_Azad
Idiomatic phrase
Speck case. In Europe, the description is often applied to the Great Train Robbery of 1963. Trial of the century Chua-Eoan, Howard (n.d.). "Crimes of the
Crime_of_the_century
This is a list of films set on trains. "Back to the Future III (1990)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved December
List_of_films_set_on_trains
1969 film
The Great Carrot Train Robbery is a 1969 Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on January
The Great Carrot Train Robbery
The_Great_Carrot_Train_Robbery
American actor (1862–1946)
actor. He is best known for his role in the 1903 silent short The Great Train Robbery, which the American Film Institute and many film historians and critics
Justus_D._Barnes
British actress
Breaking Glass. She also appeared in Michael Crichton's The First Great Train Robbery (1978), The Madness of King George (1994), About a Boy (2002), The New
Janine_Duvitski
English actress (born 1950)
Regardless (1961). She played a schoolgirl in The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966), and appeared as a girl guide in Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower
Sally_Geeson
Irish actor (born 1977)
Productions feature Stormbreaker. In 2013, he appeared in The Great Train Robbery as Brian Field. His first TV role was in the miniseries Every Woman
Del_Synnott
English actor (1946–2002)
of Hamlet (1969); landed parts in cult films such as The First Great Train Robbery and The Elephant Man and appeared in Lindsay Anderson's allegorical
Michael_Elphick
American Old West outlaw (1866–1908)
the gang robbed a Union Pacific Overland Flyer passenger train near Wilcox, Wyoming, a robbery that earned them a great deal of notoriety and resulted
Butch_Cassidy
the Galaxy The Farming Game Finance Ghettopoly Glückshaus The Great Train Robbery Heroscape Hey, That's My Fish! Hotel Jenga King of Tokyo King Oil Ludo
List_of_board_games
Film genre
gaming. The first film parody was The Little Train Robbery (1905), which makes fun of The Great Train Robbery (1903), in part by using an all-child cast
Parody_film
Multimedia genre
made by Mitchell and Kenyon in Blackburn, England, in 1899. The Great Train Robbery (1903, based on the earlier British film A Daring Daylight Burglary)
Western_(genre)
Men's prison in London, England
where he was serving a 30-year sentence for his part in the Great Train Robbery. Two years later he fled to Brazil and remained on the run until 2001
HM_Prison_Wandsworth
1986 studio album by Black Uhuru
"Fit You Haffe Fit", "The Great Train Robbery", "Let Us Pray" and "Dread In The Mountain". The single "Great Train Robbery" also made it to charts, reaching
Brutal_(Black_Uhuru_album)
British police officer
Yard). He was mainly known for his role in investigating the Great Train Robbery of 1963, and in tracking down Ronnie Biggs after he escaped from prison
Jack_Slipper
American bandit (1846 – 1913)
Silverdale's train robbery was the first in Canada, but Peter Grauer's definitive study ("Interred With Their Bones", 2005) cites a train robbery in Port Credit
Bill_Miner
English actor (born 1978)
Episode: "Wild Justice" 2013 Top Boy Mike 3 episodes 2013 The Great Train Robbery Gordon Goody Miniseries 2013–2022 Peaky Blinders Arthur Shelby Jr. Main
Paul_Anderson_(actor)
Town in Oklahoma, United States
chief of the Cherokee Nation police. Realizing the robbery was underway, the guards got off the train opposite the depot, and had a brief gun battle with
Adair,_Oklahoma
1971 studio album by Mountain
(2008). "The Animal Trainer and the Toad" and "Travellin’ in the Dark (To E.M.P.)" were both semi-autobiographical. "The Great Train Robbery" was written about
Nantucket_Sleighride_(album)
English actor, writer and director
Wild Bill (2011), St George's Day and Piggy (both 2012), The Great Train Robbery (2013), Raised by Wolves (2015), The Mummy (2017), King Arthur: Legend
Neil_Maskell
TRAIN ROBBERY
TRAIN ROBBERY
Girl/Female
English
Blend of Tara 'high hill' and Erin 'from Ireland. '.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Grain
Boy/Male
English
Cut in two.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, German, Irish
High; Noble
Male
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name TRAI means "oyster."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit, Telugu
Rain; Grain
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : metonymic occupational name for a trapper or hunter, from Middle English trayne, Old French traine ‘guile’, ‘snare’, ‘trap’.English (Devon) : topographic name from Middle English atte trewen ‘at the trees’, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this phrase, for example Train, Traine, or Trewyn, all in Devon.
Girl/Female
American, British, English, Hebrew, Irish
Of the Earth; Blend of Tara and Erin; From Ireland; Rocky Hill
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Raine.German : topographic name from Middle High German rein ‘margin’, ‘boundary’, or a habitational name from a place in Bavaria named with this word.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English, Latin
Abundant Blessings from Above; Ruler; Queen
Boy/Male
English
Follower.
Female
English
Modern English name, either derived from from the vocabulary word, or a revival of the medieval English personal name Rayne, RAIN means "queen." Compare with masculine Rain.
Girl/Female
Indian
Hill
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : topographic name for someone who lived near an ash tree or ash wood, from Old French fraisne, fresne ‘ash’ (Latin fraxinus).French : habitational name from a place in Vosges named Frain.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Grain
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dreain ‘descendant of Drean’, a byname possibly from dreán ‘wren’. The name is also found in Scotland.Irish (Cork) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Druacháin (see Drohan).English : from Middle English dreine ‘drain’, ‘ditch’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a ditch digger or a topographic name.English : variant spelling of Drane.French : reduced form of Derain, from Old French dererain ‘last’, hence a nickname for the youngest son of a family.French : habitational name from a place in Maine-et-Loire called Drain.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : variant of Crehan.English : variant spelling of Crane.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Knight's Attendant; Follower
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English
Sparkle
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, Jamaican
Cut in Two; Divided in Two
TRAIN ROBBERY
TRAIN ROBBERY
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Light of Heart; I Exist; I am
Girl/Female
Tamil
Divine good
Boy/Male
Tamil
Dayaananda | தயாநஂதா
One who takes Joy in being merciful
Boy/Male
Welsh
Fortunate. Beneficent.
Girl/Female
Algerian, Arabic, French
Nurse
Male
Egyptian
, a mystical title of the deity Amen Ra.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a diminutive of Moore 2 or 3.
Boy/Male
Australian, French, Portuguese
Stern; Severe
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Ray of Sun Light
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : in all probability from the Swale river in Yorkshire. (Reaney and Wilson list a 17th-century example, Swayles, with this origin.) Alternatively, it may be a metronymic from the Old Norse female personal name Svala.
TRAIN ROBBERY
TRAIN ROBBERY
TRAIN ROBBERY
TRAIN ROBBERY
TRAIN ROBBERY
v.
Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.
v. i.
To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.
a.
Belonging to train oil.
v. t.
To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees.
n.
The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
v.
A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.
n.
Turn; tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. 1st Strain.
v. t.
To draw along; to trail; to drag.
v.
A distinguishing or marked feature; a peculiarity; as, a trait of character.
n.
Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.
v.
The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
a.
To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle.
a.
A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.
v. t.
To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
v. t.
To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms.
n.
Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.
a.
To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument.