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kain

[keyn]

kain

1[keyn]
noun Scot.
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kain

2[kahyn]
noun

Origin:
1915–20; < Malay: cloth, sarong
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cain or kain (keɪn)
 
n
history (in Scotland and Ireland) payment in kind, usually farm produce paid as rent
 
[C12: from Scottish Gaelic cāin rent, perhaps ultimately from Late Latin canōn tribute (see canon); compare Middle Irish cāin law]
 
kain or kain
 
n
 
[C12: from Scottish Gaelic cāin rent, perhaps ultimately from Late Latin canōn tribute (see canon); compare Middle Irish cāin law]

kain (keɪn)
 
n
history a variant spelling of cain

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