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Webster 1913 Edition

Wain

Wain

,
Noun.
[OE.
wain
, AS.
wægn
; akin to D. & G.
wagen
, OHG.
wagan
, Icel. & Sw.
vagn
, Dan.
vogn
, and E.
way
.
[GREEK]
[GREEK][GREEK][GREEK]. 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wain

WAIN

,
Noun.
[See Wagon.]
1.
A wagon; a carriage for the transportation of goods on wheels.
2.
A constellation, Charles wain.

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