'Wain' definitions:
Definition of 'Wain'
From: WordNet
noun
English writer (1925-1994) [syn: Wain, John Wain, John Barrington Wain]
noun
A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major [syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon]
noun
Large open farm wagon
Definition of 'Wain'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a wagon. [1913 Webster]
- The wardens see nothing but a wain of hay. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]
- Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to the seashore. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A chariot. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The Wain. (Astron.) See Charles's Wain, in the Vocabulary.
- Wain rope, a cart rope. --Shak. [1913 Webster]