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Definition of Fains
1. fain [v] - See also: fain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fains
Literary usage of Fains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1887)
"Bushel is allowed to the Bakers for their Charges fains and Livelihood Of Peny
White Loaf 0 - 7 - 2' Wheaten 10-11 Houshold 14 - 4 Two Peny White Loaf 14 ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1883)
"When swollen with fains it pours straight over the apex, adds to it what of gravel
it may carry, and splits into radiating runnels that shift hither and ..."
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