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Wain

//weɪn// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Ellipsis of Charles' Wain. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  3. 3
    A village in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen. archaic, literary

    ""The Hay Wain" is a famous painting by John Constable."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of wean. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    large open farm wagon wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To carry. rare, transitive
  2. 2
    Misspelling of wane. alt-of, misspelling

    "As the auto industry is waining away, the city is looking for something new. http://www.modeldmedia.com/inthenews/urbanfarm15108.aspx"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English wayn, from Old English wæġn, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Doublet of wagon, borrowed from Middle Dutch. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish vogn, Norwegian vogn, Swedish vagn.

Etymology 2

From Middle English wayn, from Old English wæġn, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Doublet of wagon, borrowed from Middle Dutch. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish vogn, Norwegian vogn, Swedish vagn.

Etymology 3

From wee one.

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