Rail, vb. intr. to use reproachful language, to scold in opprobrious terms: Err. IV, 4, 77. V, 71. Mids. III, 2, 362. As IV, 3, 42. As IV, 3, 42 As IV, 3, 42 Shr. I, 2, 112. II, 171. IV, 1, 187. IV, 1, 187 Tw. I, 5, 102. John II, 593. H4A III, 1, 160. H6A III, 2, 64. H6B III, 1, 172. Troil. II, 3, 26. V, 4, 30. Lr. II, 2, 126. Oth. IV, 1, 170. Ant. I, 2, 111. IV, 15, 43. With “against:” Wiv. IV, 2, 23. Ado II, 3, 246. As II, 5, 63. III, 2, 295. H5 II, 2, 41. Tim. III, 4, 65. With “at:” Lucr. 1023. Gent. III, 2, 4. Ado II, 3, 147. H6C II, 6, 81. Troil. II, 3, 3. Troil. II, 3, 3 Tit. II, 4, 35. Cymb. IV, 2, 56. With on or “upon:” Ven. 1002. Lucr. 1467. Merch. I, 3, 49. As I, 1, 65. II, 7, 16. Shr. Ind. 2, 88. John II, 587. John II, 587 R2 V, 5, 90. R3 IV, 4, 150. H8 V, 4, 50. Troil. I, 3, 191. II, 1, 35. II, 1, 35 Rom. III, 3, 119. Tim. I, 2, 245. Tim. I, 2, 245 Lr. II, 2, 28. IV, 6, 155. With an accus. to denote the effect: “till thou canst r. the seal from off my bond,” Merch. IV, 1, 139. “I shall sooner r. thee into wit,” Troil. II, 1, 17.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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