*wain*

n. [ Boat + swain. ] 1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) The jager gull. (b) The tropic bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

Boatswain's mate, an assistant of the boatswain. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Charles + wain; cf. AS. Carles w&aemacr_;n (for wægn), Sw. karlvagnen, Dan. karlsvogn. See Churl, and Wain. ] (Astron.) The group of seven stars, commonly called the Big Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ The name is sometimes also applied to the Constellation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cock a boat + swain; hence, the master of a boat. ] The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or . [ From Conestoga, Pennsylvania. ] A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for traveling in soft soil and on prairies. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ OE. cordewan, cordian, OF. cordoan, cordouan, fr. Sp. cordoban. See Cordovan. ] A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored, gilded, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Buskins he wore of costliest cordwain. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. cordwaner, cordiner, fr. OF. cordoanier, cordouanier, F. cordonnier. ] A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker. [ Archaic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cockswain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Dag a loose end? ] A coarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool. “Under coverlets made of dagswain.” Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. swain, swein, Icel. sveinn a boy, servant; akin to Sw. sven, Dan. svend, AS. swān, OHG. swein. ] 1. A servant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Him behoves serve himself that has no swain. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

It were a happy life
To be no better than a homely swain. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blest swains! whose nymphs in every grace excel. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain; rustic; ignorant. “An ungentle and swainish beast.” Milton. -- Swain"ish*ness, n. Emerson. [1913 Webster]

n. A little swain. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Swain + mote meeting: cf. LL. swanimotum. ] (Eng. Forest Law) A court held before the verders of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, thrice every year, the swains, or freeholders, within the forest composing the jury. [ Written also swanimote, and sweinmote. ] Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition of a swain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. [ OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS. twēgen, masc. See Two. ] Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque. “Children twain.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Matt. v. 41. [ 1913 Webster ]

In twain, in halves; into two parts; asunder. [ 1913 Webster ] When old winter split the rocks in twain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] --
Twain cloud. (Meteor.) Same as Cumulo-stratus. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + twain. ] To rend in twain; to tear in two. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. wain, AS. wægn; akin to D. & G. wagen, OHG. wagan, Icel. & Sw. vagn, Dan. vogn, and E. way. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Way, Weigh, and cf. Wagon. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a wagon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wardens see nothing but a wain of hay. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to the seashore. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A chariot. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The Wain. (Astron.) See Charles's Wain, in the Vocabulary. --
Wain rope, a cart rope. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being plowed or cultivated; arable; tillable. [ Obs. ] Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Wain. ] A finding of carriages, carts, etc., for the transportation of goods, produce, etc. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (O. Eng. Law) See Gainage, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Wain + bote. ] (O. Eng. Law) See Cartbote. See also the Note under Bote. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OD. waeghe-schot, D. wagen-schot, a clapboard, fr. OD. waeg, weeg, a wall (akin to AS. wah; cf. Icel. veggr) + schot a covering of boards (akin to E. shot, shoot). ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Oaken timber or boarding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A wedge wainscot is fittest and most proper for cleaving of an oaken tree. Urquhart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inclosed in a chest of wainscot. J. Dart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with black and white. Their larvae feed on grasses and sedges. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wainscoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wainscoting. ] To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than hanged. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in panel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The material used to wainscot a house, or the wainscot as a whole; panelwork. [ 1913 Webster ]