wain

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To lose strength or clarity

As the auto industry is waining away, the city is looking for something new..

A chariot used by the gods and goddesses or a symbolic cart used in rituals and shrines in Heathenry

Behind the Mother's wain we must travel. (Thunorwine).

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.

{n} a sort of cart or waggon, a set of stars
The Big Dipper
{i} stellar constellation also known as the Big Dipper (Astronomy)
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc
{i} carriage, chariot (Archaic)
large open farm wagon
large open farm wagon English writer (1925-1994)
English writer (1925-1994)
A chariot
a wagon
A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for traveling in soft soil and on prairies
Charles' Wain
A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a wagon or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the seven stars Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar, and Alkaid

Down from the heights reels the glittering Cassiopeia as the hours wear on, while Charles’ Wain lumbers up from behind the vapour-soaked swamp trees that sway in the night-wind.

hay wain
A large open vehicle, drawn by horses, used to carry loads of hay; a haywagon
Arthur's Wain
{i} the Great Bear, constellation of Ursa Major
charles's wain
{i} (Astronomy) Big Dipper, group of seven stars (in the constellation Ursa Major)
charless wain
See Ursa major, under Ursa
charless wain
The group of seven stars, commonly called the Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear
wains
Plural of wain
wain

    Turkish pronunciation

    weyn

    Pronunciation

    /ˈwān/ /ˈweɪn/

    Etymology

    () Old English wæġn, from Proto-Germanic *wagna-, from Proto-Indo-European *wegʰ-. Cognate with Danish/Norwegian vogn, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Swedish vagn. Compare wagon.
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