Barn vs Bain - What's the difference?
barn | bain |
(label) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
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, title= (label) A unit of surface area equal to 10-28 square metres.
An arena.
To lay up in a barn.
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Ready; willing.
Direct; near; short; gain.
Limber; pliant; flexible.
(label) A bath.
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*:THus was sir Tramtryst longe there wel cherysshed / with the kynge and the quene // So vpon a daye / the quene and la beale Isoud made a bayne' for syre Tramtryst / And whan he was in his ' bayne / the quene and Isoud her doughter romed vp & doune in the chamber / and there whyles Gouernail and Heles attendyd vpon Tramtryst
As nouns the difference between barn and bain
is that barn is (label) a building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle or barn can be (dialect|parts of northern england) a child while bain is .As a verb barn
is to lay up in a barn.barn
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) bern, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.}}
Derived terms
* barnstar * barnstorm * barnyard * barn dance * barn door * barn owl * barn-raising * born in a barn * raised in a barn * smell the barnVerb
(en verb)- Men often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain.
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Etymology 2
From (etyl) barn, bern, from (etyl) .Synonyms
* (child) bairnAnagrams
* * English syncopic forms ----bain
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bain, bayne, bayn, .Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- That is the bainest way.
