Wain

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Wain
    n 1: English writer (1925-1994) [syn: {Wain}, {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},
       {Wain}, {Wagon}]
    3: large open farm wagon
    
from 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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