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(1):

(n.) A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure.

(2):

(n.) The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Railway'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/railway.html. 1828.
 
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