Found 2 items, similar to Wain.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Wain 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: Wain Wain \Wain\, n. [OE. wain, AS. w[ae]gn; 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]