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–noun
1.(initial capital letter) Astronomy. Charles's Wain. Big Dipper.
2.a farm wagon or cart.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE wægn, wǣn, c. D wagen, G Wagen. See weigh1]
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n.   A large open farm wagon.


[Middle English, from Old English wǣn, wægn; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

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n.   The Big Dipper.

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wain 
O.E. wægn "wheeled vehicle," from P.Gmc. *wagnaz (see wagon). Largely fallen from use by c.1600, but kept alive by poets, who found it easier to rhyme on than wagon. Wainwright "wagon-builder" is O.E. wægn-wyrhta.

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wain

noun
1. English writer (1925-1994) 
2. a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major [syn: Big Dipper] 
3. large open farm wagon 

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Wain

Charles's Wain\ [Charles + wain; cf. AS. Carles w?n (for w[ae]gn), Sw. karlvagnen, Dan. karlsvogn. See Churl, and Wain.] (Astron.) The group of seven stars, commonly called the Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa.

Note: The name is sometimes also applied to the Constellation.

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