cain

[ keyn ]
/ keɪn /

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/, adjective

Definition 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
  1. to cause a commotion
  2. to react or protest heatedly
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Idioms and Phrases with cain

Cain

see raise Cain.

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