bain

comparative more bain · superlative most bain · alternative bane

1. dialectalReady; willing.
2. dialectalDirect; near; short; gain.

   That is the bainest way.

3. dialectalLimber; pliant; flexible.

comparative more bain · superlative most bain · alternative bane

1. dialectalReadily; willingly.
2. dialectalNearby; at hand.

plural bains · alternative obsolete bane · alternative bayne

1. obsoleteA bath.

   1 more example

   THus was sir Tramtryst longe there wel cherysshed / with the kynge and the quene /[…]/ So vpon a daye / the quene and la beale Isoud made a bayne for syre Tramtryst / And whan he was in his bayne / the quene and Isoud her doughter romed vp & doune in the chamber / and there whyles Gouernail and Heles attendyd vpon Tramtryst

   1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII

present singular third person bains · participle present baining · participle past bained · past bained · alternative obsolete bane · alternative bayne

1. obsoleteTo bathe.

   Thomas Lodge, Rosalynde: Euphues' Golden Legacy, 2nd ed. (1592), Rosader's Second Sonetto, l. 9: "If so I bain me in the spring,/Even on the brink I hear him sing."

1. A surname.
2. A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.
3. A river in Lincolnshire, England, which flows south to the River Witham.
4. A short river in North Yorkshire, England, which joins the River Ure near Bainbridge.