wain

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Even after her death, the tabloid gossip and fascination with the princess did not really wain.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2021

The cats been on fire and the wain has been hit in the eye with a flying drone toy 😂

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2018

At length after fifteen days of journey the wain of King Théoden passed through the green fields of Rohan and came to Edoras; and there they all rested.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

They left me then when the gray-hooded Even, Like a sad votarist in palmer’s weed, Rose from the hindmost wheels of Phœbus’ wain.

From Minor Poems by Milton by Milton, John

In connection with the Sanscrit riksha it is curious to note that, in Japanese, riki means power, viz., jin-riki-sha=man—power-wagon; and hasha or rinsha=wagon or wain.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia