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wain

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7
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8
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4
Pronunciation
/weɪn/
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/weɪn/ · /ˈwiː(ə)n/ · /ˈweɪ(ə)n/ · [weːn]

Definition of wain

8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (archaic, literary)A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
    “"The Hay Wain" is a famous painting by John Constable.”
    “Many roads and tracks crossed the green fields, and there was much coming and going: wains moving in lines towards the Great Gate, and others passing out.”
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noun

  1. (archaic, literary)A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
    “"The Hay Wain" is a famous painting by John Constable.”
    “Many roads and tracks crossed the green fields, and there was much coming and going: wains moving in lines towards the Great Gate, and others passing out.”
  2. (archaic)A chariot or similar stately carriage.
    “And the hill-king spake to his footpages twain. Time with me goes slow. — "Put ye the gray pacers now unto the wain," But that grief is heavy I know.”
  3. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of wean.

verb

  1. (rare, transitive)To carry.
  2. (alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of wane.
    “As the auto industry is waining away, the city is looking for something new. http://www.modeldmedia.com/inthenews/urbanfarm15108.aspx”

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A village in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of Charles' Wain.

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Etymology

From Middle English wayn, from Old English wæġn, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Doublet of wagon, borrowed from Middle Dutch. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish vogn, Norwegian vogn, Swedish vagn.

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