wain
noun
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wain
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[weyn]
/ weɪn /
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/ weɪn /
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/ weɪn /
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Etymology
Origin of wain
before 900; Middle English; Old English wægn, wǣn, cognate with Dutch wagen, German Wagen. See weigh 1
Example Sentences
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Even after her death, the tabloid gossip and fascination with the princess did not really wain.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2021
The cats been on fire and the wain has been hit in the eye with a flying drone toy 😂
From Slate • Jan. 3, 2018
At length after fifteen days of journey the wain of King Théoden passed through the green fields of Rohan and came to Edoras; and there they all rested.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
In wain I argued that walking into sleep was wulgar, in wain I coaxed, and in wain I cried,—though tears will sometimes prewail when nothing else will, that is, if they ain't too woluntary.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various
His underparts are like sharp potsherds: He spreadeth as it were a threshing wain upon the mire.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
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