Wain vs Plough - What's the difference?
wain | plough |
(archaic, or, literary) A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
An alternative name for Ursa Major or the Great Bear.
A carucate of land; a ploughland.
* Tale of Gamelyn
A joiner's plane for making grooves.
A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
To use a plough on to prepare for planting.
To use a plough.
(vulgar) To have sex with.
To move with force.
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To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
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* Alexander Pope
(bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
(joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
Wain is a synonym of plough.
As nouns the difference between wain and plough
is that wain is (archaic|or|literary) a wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen while plough is a device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.As verbs the difference between wain and plough
is that wain is while plough is to use a plough on to prepare for planting.wain
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) . Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish/Norwegian vogn, Swedish vagn. Compare the doublet (wagon).Noun
(en noun)- "The Hay Wain " is a famous painting by John Constable.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "wain")Etymology 2
Verb
(en verb)- As the auto industry is waining away, the city is looking for something new. [http://www.modeldmedia.com/inthenews/urbanfarm15108.aspx]
Anagrams
* ----plough
English
(wikipedia plough)Alternative forms
* (US) plowNoun
(en noun)- The horse-drawn plough had a tremendous impact on agriculture.
- Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.
Usage notes
The spelling (m) is usual in the United States, but the spelling plough may be found in literary or historical contexts there.Derived terms
* moldboard plow * ploughman * ploughshare * snowplough * sodbuster ploughVerb
(en verb)- I've still got to plough that field.
- Some days I have to plough from sunrise to sunset.
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- Let patient Octavia plough thy visage up / With her prepared nails.
- With speed we plough the watery way.
