Wain
Wain
(?), n. [OE. wain, AS. wgn; akin to D. & G. wagen, OHG. wagan, Icel. & Sw. vagn, Dan. vogn, and E. way. . See Way, Weigh, and cf. Wagon.][1913 Webster]
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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