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gainpain
† ˈgainpain Obs. In ? 6 gaynepayne. [a. OF. gaignepain (in 13th c. wagnepan) a sort of gauntlet. Commonly identified with the F. gagnepain, lit. ‘bread-winner’ (f. stem of gagner gain v.2 + pain bread), which is recorded from the 17th c. in the sense ‘tool by which one gains one's bread’, but is pro... Oxford English Dictionary
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waynpain
† waynpain Obs. Forms: 4 waynepayne, weine pain, 4–5 waynpain, -payn, 5 -pane, wanpayn, -pan. [a. OF. wagnepan, north-eastern form of gaignepain: see gainpain.] 1. A sort of gauntlet; = gainpain 1.c 1300 Wills & Invent. N.C. (Surtees) I. 16, ij galeæ xiijs. iij{supd}. j par de Waynpayns & ij brasers... Oxford English Dictionary
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