About The Word Wain
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Wain
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What's The Definition Of Wain?
[n] large open farm wagon
[n] a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major [n] English writer (1925-1994) Synonyms | Synonyms for Wain: Big Dipper | Charles's Wain | Dipper | John Barrington Wain | John Wain | Plough | Wagon Related Terms | Find terms related to Wain: See Also | asterism | author | Great Bear | Ursa Major | waggon | wagon | writer Wain In Webster's Dictionary \Wain\, n. [OE. wain, AS. w[ae]gn; akin to D. & G. wagen,
OHG. wagan, Icel. & Sw. vagn, Dan. vogn, and E. way. ????.
See {Way}, {Weigh}, and cf. {Wagon}.]
1. A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods,
produce, etc.; a wagon.
The wardens see nothing but a wain of hay.
--Jeffrey.
Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to
the seashore. --Longfellow.
2. A chariot. [Obs.]
{The Wain}. (Astron.) See {Charles's Wain}, in the
Vocabulary.
{Wain rope}, a cart rope. --Shak.
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