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Wain

Wain Meaning & Definition
Wain Definition And Meaning

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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