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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- cain complex,
- caine,
- caine, hall,
- caingang
Origin of cain
Middle English (Scots) cane < Scots Gaelic; compare Old Irish cáin statute, law, rent
Cain
1[ keyn ]
/ keɪn /
noun
the first son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother Abel. Gen. 4.
a murderer.
Cain
2[ keyn ]
/ keɪn /
noun
James M.,1892–1977, U.S. novelist.
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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
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
elder son of Adam and Eve, from Hebrew Qayin, literally "created one," also "smith," from Semitic stem q-y-n "to form, to fashion." To raise Cain is first recorded 1840. Surnames McCain, McCann, etc., are a contraction of Irish Mac Cathan "son of Cathan," from Celtic cathan, literally "warrior," from cath "battle."
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Cain
see raise Cain.
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