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Webster 1913 Edition


Trailing

Trail′ing

,
Adj.
&
vb.
Noun.
from
Trail
.
Trailing arbutus
.
(Bot.)
See under
Arbutus
.
–
Trailing spring
,
a spring fixed in the axle box of the trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as to assist in deadening any shock which may occur.
Weale.
–
Trailing wheel
,
a hind wheel of a locomotive when it is not a driving wheel; also, one of the hind wheels of a carriage.

Webster 1828 Edition


Trailing

TRA'ILING

,
ppr.
Hunting by the track; drawing on the ground; trading down; laying flat; bringing to a lower position; drawing out in length.
Since men of foot whose broad-set backs their trailing hair did hide.