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wain | x |

As a noun wain

is wine.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

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)
  • (archaic, or, literary) A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
    • "The Hay Wain " is a famous painting by John Constable.
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "wain")
    Related terms
    * Charles' Wain * wainwright

    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

    * ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----