wain

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  wain    wean  

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wain1

▶noun archaic a wagon or cart.

– origin OE wæg(e)n, of Gmc origin; rel. to way and weigh1.

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wain2

▶noun variant form of wean2.

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wean1

▶verb accustom (an infant or other young mammal) to food other than its mother's milk.

■ (often wean someone off) make (someone) give up a habit or addiction.

■ (be weaned on) be strongly influenced by (something) from an early age.

– origin OE wenian, of Gmc origin.

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wean2 /wɪːn, weɪn/ (also wain /weɪn/)

▶noun Scottish & N. English a young child.

– origin C17: contr. of wee ane ‘little one’.