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† inˈrail, v. Obs.
Also 6 enrail, inrayl.
[f. in-1 + rail v.]
trans. To rail in, enclose with, or as with, a railing. Also fig.
1523Skelton Garl. Laurel 656 The bankes..Enrailid with rosers. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. iv. xiii. (1604) 200 The same if any part doe wilfully violate, it may be reformed and inrayled againe. 1607F. Mason Authoritie of Ch. 9 God hath inrailed their authoritie with certaine bounds and limits which they may not passe. 1724Macky Journ. thro' Eng. I. xiii. 285 Stairs..inrailed with Iron.
Hence † ˈinˌrailed ppl. a., railed in.
1682Lithgow's Trav. i. 31 The inrayled [1632 inravled] image. 1714Gay Trivia ii. 74 Where fam'd St. Giles's ancient limits spread, An inrail'd column rears its lofty head. |