gain, gayn, gayne, gein, geyn

& adv. [Icel. gegn advantageous, convenient.] IMG:content-0273.png:[blocks in formation] A. As adjective: 1. Convenient, suitable. 2. Direct, straight. "Forth they gonne to ride a gein path." 3. Near, contiguous, close. 4. Handy, dexterous. 5. Fine, grand. Lydgate : Story of Thebes. "To greithe Josaphe in that geyn weede." Joseph of A rima the a , 299. 6. Easy, tolerable. *7. Respectable, honest. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this, -tion, -sion = zhun. -tious, -cio us, B. As adverb: 1. Tolerably, pretty, fairly; as, gain well, gain quiet. ( Local .) 2. Cheaply. *gain, *gein, adv . & pref . [A. S. gegn; Icel. gagn; O. H. Ger. gag an , gein; Sw.gen; Dan. gien .] A. As adv.: Back, again. "Yee sal gain to yur maisturs wend." Cursor Mundi, 12,809. B. As pref.: Gain was largely used in compounds with the sense of back, against, in opposition; of these compounds only gainsay now remains in use. C. As preposition: 1. Toward. "With his curt gain him he ferd." 2. Against. Cursor Mundi, 5,243. IMG:content-0274.png:[blocks in formation] 1. The gain or profit of tilled or planted land raised by cultivating it. "I trowe the gaynage of the ground, in a gret shyre, Nold aparaile that place, oo poynt tyl other ende." Piers Plowman's Crede , 391. 2. The horses, oxen, and furniture of the wain, or the instruments for carrying on tillage, which, when a villain was amerced, were left free, that cultivation might not be interrupted. ( Burrill .) *gāin'-câll, s. [Pref. gain; Eng. call .] A calling in opposition. "That other letters him with gain call ." Cursor Mundi, 28,783. *gāin-câll-ing, *gā ne-call-ing, s. [Eng. gain call ; -ing .] Scots Law : Revocation. "That the forsaid part i is sall stand at thar deliuerance irrevocabilly but ony gane calling."- Act . Audit . (1489), p. 142. *gain-come, *gain-cum, *gein-cume, s. [A.S. geancyme.] A coming again or back; a return. "But whan he saw pa ed both day and hour Of her gain come , in sorrow can oppre e, His woful hart, in care and heauine ." Chaucer: Testament of Creseide. gāin'ed, pa. par. & adj. [GAIN, v.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj.: Having received advantage or profit. gained-day, s. The day gained in the calendar when sailing eastward around the world.