The+Wain

  • 1The 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.; …

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  • 2the Wain — 1. Charles s Wain 2. The Lesser Wain • • • Main Entry: ↑wain …

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  • 3The Wain —  / Wain    A Mannish name for the Sickle of the Valar.    The name in the northern lands of Middle earth for the constellation we know today as the Plough or the Big Dipper. In Tolkien s mythology, these seven stars were set in the sky by Varda… …

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  • 4the wain — Charles s Wain, the Great Bear, Ursa Major …

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  • 5Wain — 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… …

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  • 6Wain rope — 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.; …

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  • 7wain — [wān] n. [ME < OE wægn, wheeled vehicle, akin to Du & Ger wagen < PGmc * wagna < IE * woĝhno < base * weĝh , to move > L vehere, to carry] [Old Poet.] a wagon or cart a wagon or cart the Wain CHARLES S WAIN …

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  • 8The Seven Stars —    The Sickle of the Valar.         And in answer he sang a song of challenge that he had made in praise of the Seven Stars, the Sickle of the Valar that Varda hung above the North as a sign for the fall of Morgoth. (Quenta Silmarillion 19, Of… …

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  • 9Wain — This interesting name is of early medieval origin and is a metonymic occupational name for a carter, a driver of a wain or waggon, and sometimes for a waggon builder. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century Waegn , Waegen , Middle …

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  • 10the great bear — Charles s Wain, the Wain, Ursa Major …

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