tram
    n 1: a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in
         carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of
         towers [syn: tramway, tram, aerial tramway, cable
         tramway, ropeway]
    2: a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a
       tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine" [syn: tramcar,
       tram]
    3: a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by
       electricity [syn: streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley,
       trolley car]
    v 1: travel by tram

Tram \Tram\, n. [Sp. trama weft, or F. trame.]
   A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together,
   used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best
   quality of velvets and silk goods.
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Tram \Tram\, n. (Mech.)
   Same as Trammel, n., 6.
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Tram \Tram\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trammed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Tramming.]
   To convey or transport on a tramway or on a tram car.
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Tram \Tram\, v. i.
   To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway; to travel
   by tramway.
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Tram \Tram\, n. [Prov. E. tram a coal wagon, the shaft of a cart
   or carriage, a beam or bar; probably of Scand, origin; cf.
   OSw. tr[*a]m, trum, a beam, OD. drom, Prov. & OHG. tram.]
   1. A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine,
      as for carrying coal or ore.
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   2. The shaft of a cart. [Prov. Eng.] --De Quincey.
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   3. One of the rails of a tramway.
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   4. A car on a horse railroad. [Eng.]
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   Tram car, a car made to run on a tramway, especially a
      street railway car.

   Tram plate, a flat piece of iron laid down as a rail.

   Tram pot (Milling), the step and support for the lower end
      of the spindle of a millstone.
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