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Webster 1913 Edition


Zain

Zain

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Noun.
A horse of a dark color, neither gray nor white, and having no spots.
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Zain

Zain

See also: zain

Arabic

Proper noun

  1. Alternative spelling of Zayn

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯n

Noun

Zain m (genitive Zains or Zaines, plural Zaine)

  1. A metal rod / blank that will be forged

Declension

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See also: Zain

English

Noun

zain (plural zains)

  1. (archaic) A horse of a dark colour with no lighter spots.
    • 1905, Sir William Ridgeway, The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse
      Azara estimates the proportion of bays amongst these horses to be about ninety to ten zains, that is, entirely dark-coloured without any white; and there is not one black in two thousand; pied and greys occur sometimes []

French

Etymology

From Italian zaino

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɛ̃/

Adjective

zain m (feminine singular zaine, masculine plural zains, feminine plural zaines)

  1. (of the coat of a horse, dog etc) Having no white markings