[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wain \wain\, n. oe. wain, as. waegn; 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
see also:
way weigh wagon the wain charles's wain wain rope 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wain
     n 1: english writer 1925-1994 syn: john wain, john
          barrington wain
     2: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation ursa
        major syn: big dipper, dipper, plough, charles's
        wain, wagon
     3: large open farm wagon
see also:
john wain john barrington wain big dipper dipper plough charles's wain 
wagon 

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