Wain : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Wain	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wain n English writer (1925-1994) [syn: Wain, John Wain, {John Barrington Wain}] a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major Synonym(s): Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon large open farm wagon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wain \Wain\, n. [OE. wain, AS. w[91]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conestoga wagon \Con`esto"ga wag`on\ [or] wain* \wain\ [From Conestoga, Pennsylvania.] A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for traveling in soft soil and on prairies.