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.]
1. A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods,
produce, etc.; a wagon.
The wardens see nothing but a wain of hay.
--Jeffrey.
Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to
the seashore. --Longfellow.
2. A chariot. [Obs.]
The Wain. (Astron.) See Charles's Wain, in the
Vocabulary.
Wain rope, a cart rope. --Shak.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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