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/weɪn/ · noun
(archaic or literary) A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen..
"The Hay Wain" is a famous painting by John Constable.
Many roads and tracks crossed the green fields, and there was much coming and going: wains moving in lines towards the Great Gate, and others passing out.
And the hill-king spake to his footpages twain. Time with me goes slow. — "Put ye the gray pacers now unto the wain," But that grief is heavy I know.
As the auto industry is waining away, the city is looking for something new. http://www.modeldmedia.com/inthenews/urbanfarm15108.aspx
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Wain means (archaic or literary) A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen..
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"The Hay Wain" is a famous painting by John Constable.
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