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The Wain

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.]

  1. A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a wagon.

    The wardens see nothing but a wain of hay.
    --Jeffrey.

    Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to the seashore.
    --Longfellow.

  2. A chariot. [Obs.]

    The Wain. (Astron.) See Charles's Wain, in the Vocabulary.

    Wain rope, a cart rope.
    --Shak.

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The Wain

The Wain may refer to

  • The Great Wain or Charles's Wain, another name for the Big Dipper asterism
  • The Lesser Wain, another name for the Little Dipper asterism

Usage examples of "the wain".

And down in the ravine, the normal pair will pull the wain to the base of the far slope, where more ropes will be attached and that wagon pulled up and out by another six-horse team above.

Faster than Park would have thought possible, the wain pulled up in front of his house.

Perhaps he could ride after the wain and somehow catch the footmen.

Both Tip and Beau found these strolls a welcome relief from the jolting of the wain, and together they would trudge through the snow and slip across ice.

And people stood atop the walls and called down messages to be given to their kindred afar, and the wain riders promised they would try to see their words delivered.

He was almost flung from the wain as Thomas hit the Zephyr's throttle.

What it did to him, Ashalind could not be certain, but the wain and those in procession behind it stopped long enough for her to climb swiftly aboard.

Over the groaning of the wain's axletrees, he commented amiably, 'I'm thirsty.

Messages had been borne by rider south to Valon and Pellar and the Red Hills, and Dwarven kindred would be coming north to bring more supplies and to gather the wain horses from the Vanadurin and to take the surplus waggons and teams south.

Then I heard Laggy Nap call from the wain, call her name, once, again, and beneath my hand the boot began to burn like fire.

Then I heard Laggy Nap call from the wain, call her name, once again, and beneath my hand the boot began to burn like fire.