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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• rail (subs.):
    1. I. A cross-beam fixed on uprights:
      1. 1. longŭrius: Varr. R. R. 1, 14 (per foramina [palorum] trajectis longuriis binis aut ternis, i. e. a fence formed by posts placed at intervals, pierced to receive two or three rails). But longurius may be used of any longish pole or piece of wood.
      2. 2. *asser transversus [quales palorum foraminibus inseruntur] ad sepimentum faciendum.
    2. II. An upright, forming part of fence; usu. pl., rails or railing: pālus: Varr. R. R. l. c. Often sēpīmentum, sepes, may serve: more precisely, sepes ex palis statutis crebris, Varr. l. c. (Cancelli denotes cross- or lattice-work: v. grating.)
    3. III. Of a railway: perh. trabs ferrea, longurius ferreus.
    4. IV. A bird: *rallus: v. corn-crake.