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   Wain (?), n. [OE. wain, AS. wægn; akin to D. & G. wagen, OHG. wagan, Icel. & Sw. vagn, Dan. vogn, and E. way. .  See Way, Weigh, and cf. Wagon.]
   
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   1. A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a wagon.
   
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   The wardens see nothing but a wain of hay. Jeffrey.
   
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   Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to the seashore. Longfellow.
   
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   2. A chariot.  [Obs.]
   
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   The Wain. (Astron.) See Charles's Wain, in the Vocabulary. -- Wain rope, a cart rope.  Shak.
   
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