gain paint

[F. gagne - pain, lit.'win-bread': gagner, gain (see gain1 ); pain, gainst, prep. An earlier form of gainst. 2431 A gentleman, noble, wise, Faithful, and gain some. Mas singer, Roman Actor, iv. 2. gainst (genst), prep. ( They marched fayrly forth, of nought ydred, Both firmely armd for every hard a ay, With constancy and care, gainst daunger and dismay. Spenser , F. Q., II. xii. 38.