Wain

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wain \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}.]
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     1. A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods,
        produce, etc.; a wagon.


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              The wardens see nothing but a wain of hay.
                                                    --Jeffrey.
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              Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to
              the seashore.                         --Longfellow.
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     2. A chariot. [Obs.]
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     {The Wain}. (Astron.) See {Charles's Wain}, in the
        Vocabulary.
  
     {Wain rope}, a cart rope. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Wain
       n 1: English writer (1925-1994) [syn: {John Wain}, {John
            Barrington Wain}]
       2: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa
          Major [syn: {Big Dipper}, {Dipper}, {Plough}, {Charles's
          Wain}, {Wagon}]
       3: large open farm wagon