cain
[ keyn ]
/ keɪn /
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noun Scot. and Irish English.
rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
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Also Scot., kane .
Origin of cain
Middle English (Scots ) cane, from Scots Gaelic; compare Old Irish cáin “statute, law, rent”
Words nearby cain
Caicos Islands, caid, cailleach, caiman, caiman lizard, cain, Cain and Abel, Cain complex, Caine, Caingang, Cainite
Definition for cain (2 of 3)
Cain1
[ keyn ]
/ keɪn /
noun
the first son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother Abel. Genesis 4.
a murderer.
OTHER WORDS FROM Cain
Cainism, nounCain·it·ic [key-nit-ik], /keɪˈnɪt ɪk/, adjectiveDefinition for cain (3 of 3)
Cain2
[ keyn ]
/ keɪn /
noun
James M., 1892–1977, U.S. novelist.
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British Dictionary definitions for cain (1 of 2)
cain
kain
/ (keɪn) /
noun
history (in Scotland and Ireland) payment in kind, usually farm produce paid as rent
Word Origin for cain
C12: from Scottish Gaelic cāin rent, perhaps ultimately from Late Latin canōn tribute (see canon); compare Middle Irish cāin law
British Dictionary definitions for cain (2 of 2)
Cain
/ (keɪn) /
noun
the first son of Adam and Eve, who killed his brother Abel (Genesis 4:1–16)
raise Cain
- to cause a commotion
- to react or protest heatedly
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Cain
see raise Cain.
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