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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tramway  \Tram"way`\,  n. 
  A  street  railway  or  interurban  railway  for  local  traffic,  on 
  which  cable  cars,  or  trolley  cars,  etc.,  are  used  in 
  distinction  from  an  extended  railway  line  for  trains  drawn  by 
  steam  or  electric  locomotives. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tramway  \Tram"way`\,  n. 
  1.  Same  as  {Tramroad}. 
 
  2.  A  railway  laid  in  the  streets  of  a  town  or  city,  on  which 
  cars  for  passengers  or  for  freight  are  drawn  by  horses;  a 
  horse  railroad. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
 
 
  {Horse  emmet}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  horse  ant. 
 
  {Horse  finch}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  chaffinch.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  {Horse  gentian}  (Bot.),  fever  root. 
 
  {Horse  iron}  (Naut.),  a  large  calking  iron. 
 
  {Horse  latitudes},  a  space  in  the  North  Atlantic  famous  for 
  calms  and  baffling  winds,  being  between  the  westerly  winds 
  of  higher  latitudes  and  the  trade  winds.  --Ham.  Nav. 
  Encyc. 
 
  {Horse  mackrel}.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  The  common  tunny  ({Orcynus  thunnus}),  found  on  the 
  Atlantic  coast  of  Europe  and  America,  and  in  the 
  Mediterranean. 
  b  The  bluefish  ({Pomatomus  saltatrix}). 
  c  The  scad. 
  d  The  name  is  locally  applied  to  various  other  fishes, 
  as  the  California  hake,  the  black  candlefish,  the 
  jurel,  the  bluefish,  etc 
 
  {Horse  marine}  (Naut.),  an  awkward,  lubbery  person;  one  of  a 
  mythical  body  of  marine  cavalry.  [Slang] 
 
  {Horse  mussel}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  large  marine  mussel  ({Modiola 
  modiolus}),  found  on  the  northern  shores  of  Europe  and 
  America. 
 
  {Horse  nettle}  (Bot.),  a  coarse,  prickly,  American  herb,  the 
  {Solanum  Carolinense}. 
 
  {Horse  parsley}.  (Bot.)  See  {Alexanders}. 
 
  {Horse  purslain}  (Bot.),  a  coarse  fleshy  weed  of  tropical 
  America  ({Trianthema  monogymnum}). 
 
  {Horse  race},  a  race  by  horses;  a  match  of  horses  in  running 
  or  trotting. 
 
  {Horse  racing},  the  practice  of  racing  with  horses. 
 
  {Horse  railroad},  a  railroad  on  which  the  cars  are  drawn  by 
  horses;  --  in  England,  and  sometimes  in  the  United  States, 
  called  a  {tramway}. 
 
  {Horse  run}  (Civil  Engin.),  a  device  for  drawing  loaded 
  wheelbarrows  up  an  inclined  plane  by  horse  power. 
 
  {Horse  sense},  strong  common  sense  [Colloq.  U.S.] 
 
  {Horse  soldier},  a  cavalryman. 
 
  {Horse  sponge}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  large  coarse,  commercial  sponge 
  ({Spongia  equina}). 
 
  {Horse  stinger}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  large  dragon  fly.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
 
  {Horse  sugar}  (Bot.),  a  shrub  of  the  southern  part  of  the 
  United  States  ({Symplocos  tinctoria}),  whose  leaves  are 
  sweet,  and  good  for  fodder. 
 
  {Horse  tick}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  winged,  dipterous  insect 
  ({Hippobosca  equina}),  which  troubles  horses  by  biting 
  them  and  sucking  their  blood;  --  called  also  {horsefly}, 
  {horse  louse},  and  {forest  fly}. 
 
  {Horse  vetch}  (Bot.),  a  plant  of  the  genus  {Hippocrepis}  ({H. 
  comosa}),  cultivated  for  the  beauty  of  its  flowers;  -- 
  called  also  {horsehoe  vetch},  from  the  peculiar  shape  of 
  its  pods. 
 
  {Iron  horse},  a  locomotive.  [Colloq.] 
 
  {Salt  horse},  the  sailor's  name  for  salt  beef. 
 
  {To  look  a  gift  horse  in  the  mouth},  to  examine  the  mouth  of 
  a  horse  which  has  been  received  as  a  gift,  in  order  to 
  ascertain  his  age;  --  hence  to  accept  favors  in  a 
  critical  and  thankless  spirit.  --Lowell. 
 
  {To  take  horse}. 
  a  To  set  out  on  horseback.  --Macaulay. 
  b  To  be  covered,  as  a  mare. 
  c  See  definition  7  (above). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tramway 
  n  1:  a  system  for  transporting  passengers  or  freight  in  carriers 
  suspended  from  cables  and  supported  by  a  series  of 
  towers  [syn:  {tram},  {aerial  tramway},  {cable  tramway}, 
  {ropeway}] 
  2:  the  track  on  which  trams  or  streetcars  run  [syn:  {tramline}, 
  {streetcar  track}] 




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