Wain

  • 1Wain — 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}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A four wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a… …

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  • 2Wain — Wain …

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  • 3WAIN — can refer to:* WAIN (AM), a radio station at 1270 AM licensed to Columbia, Kentucky * WAIN FM, a radio station at 93.5 FM licensed to Columbia, Kentucky …

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  • 4wain — (n.) O.E. wægn wheeled vehicle, from P.Gmc. *wagnaz (see WAGON (Cf. wagon)). Largely fallen from use by c.1600, but kept alive by poets, who found it easier to rhyme on than wagon. As a name for the Big Dipper/Plough, it is from Old English (see… …

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  • 5wain — [wān] n. [ME < OE wægn, wheeled vehicle, akin to Du & Ger wagen < PGmc * wagna < IE * woĝhno < base * weĝh , to move > L vehere, to carry] [Old Poet.] a wagon or cart a wagon or cart the Wain CHARLES S WAIN …

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  • 6Wain —   [weɪn], John Barrington, englischer Schriftsteller, * Stoke on Trent 14. 3. 1925, ✝ Oxford 24. 5. 1994; studierte in Oxford, 1949 55 Dozent in Reading, 1973 78 Professor für Poetik in Oxford; mit seinen gesellschaftskritisch moralisierenden… …

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  • 7Wain — Wain, ehemals freies Reichsdorf, jetzt Pfarrdorf im Oberamte Wiblingen des württembergischen Donaukreises; Rittergut u. Schloß; 350 Ew …

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  • 8Wain — Wain, John …

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  • 9wain — ► NOUN archaic ▪ a wagon or cart. ORIGIN Old English, related to WAY(Cf. ↑way) and WEIGH(Cf. ↑weigh) …

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  • 10Wain — Wappen Deutschlandkarte …

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