Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRAIN, n.

1. Artifice; stratagem of enticement. Now to my charms, / And to my wily trains. Milton.
2. Something drawn along behind, the end of a gown, &c.; as, the train of a gown or robe.
3. The tail of a fowl. The train steers their flight, and turns their bodies, like the rudder of a ship. Ray.
4. A retinue; a number of followers or attendants. My train are men of choice and rarest parts. Shak. The king's daughter with a lovely train. Addison.
5. A series; a consecution or succession of connected things. Rivers now stream and draw their humid train. Milton. Other truths require a train of ideas placed in order. Locke. The train of ills our love would draw behind it. Addison.
6. Process; regular method; course. Things are now in a train for settlement. If things were once in this train – our duty would take root in our nature. Swift.
7. A company in order; a procession. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night. Milton.
8. The number of beats which a watch makes in any certain time. Cyc.
9. A line of gunpowder, laid to lead fire to a charge, or to a quantity intended for execution. Train of artillery, any number of cannon and mortars accompanying an army.