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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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