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Look up Hain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hain may refer to: Hain (river), a Belgian tributary of the Scheldt Hain, Thuringia, a municipality in
Hain
Ortsteil of Langenwetzendorf in Thuringia, Germany
Hain is a village and a former municipality in the district of Greiz, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 31 December 2013, it is part of the municipality Langenwetzendorf
Hain,_Thuringia
German state (1919–1920)
form the People's State of Reuss. It became part of the new state of Thuringia when it was created on 1 May 1920. The People's State of Reuss was formed
People's_State_of_Reuss
Municipality in Thuringia, Germany
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district of Greiz, in Thuringia, Germany. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft was in Hohenleuben.
Leubatal
Topics referred to by the same term
Hayn, old name for Großenhain, Germany Hayn, Hesse [de], Germany Hayn, Thuringia [de], Germany Jabal al-ʿHayn, Saudi Arabia Hayn (crater), a lunar crater
Hayn
list of the towns, cities and municipalities in Thuringia in Germany. The German federal state of Thuringia consists of a total of 631 politically independent
List of towns and municipalities in Thuringia
List_of_towns_and_municipalities_in_Thuringia
German writer (died 2024)
Zoeke (died 7 July 2024) was a German writer. She grew up in Vogtland in Thuringia. She trained as a psychologist, conducted research in the United States
Barbara_Zoeke
German politician
its Vice President as of March 2025. He served as Minister-President of Thuringia from December 2014 to 5 February 2020 and from 4 March 2020 to December
Bodo_Ramelow
German state (1918–1920)
Thüringer Landtag [Publication of the State Parliament of Thuringia] (Rudolstadt, Germany: Verlag Hain, 2002), ISBN 3-89807-038-7, (Schriften zur Geschichte
Free_State_of_Coburg
Bohemian-Austrian noble (1822 – 1909)
Weningen-Auma on 6 March 1849 Caroline Adelheid Ernestine von Schönberg (Hain, near Gera, 31 July 1826 – Schloss Moraván, 16 February 1894), daughter of
Curt Franz Wenzel Christoph Erdmann Graf Zedtwitz von Moraván und Duppau
Curt_Franz_Wenzel_Christoph_Erdmann_Graf_Zedtwitz_von_Moraván_und_Duppau
KJVD-Opposition had approximately 1,000 members. It was strongest in Thuringia and Saxony. Other areas where the organization was active were Berlin-Brandenburg
Young Communist League of Germany (Opposition)
Young_Communist_League_of_Germany_(Opposition)
Electoral constituency in Thuringia, Germany
electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Thuringia. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current
Gera_I
German politician (born 1998)
German politician from Die Linke. She was a member of the Landtag of Thuringia from 2021 to 2024. In the 2025 German federal election she was elected
Donata_Vogtschmidt
German politician (born 1966)
November 2019. He was the front runner candidate of the AfD in the state of Thuringia for the 2017 German federal election. Since November 2019, Brandner has
Stephan_Brandner
Museum in Germany
citizens remaining in Aachen were being evacuated to Thuringia) and were stored there, in Hain Tunnel, along with the Essen Cathedral Treasury, the Trier
Aachen_Cathedral_Treasury
German politician (born 1983)
member of the Bundestag in 2025. He previously served in the Landtag of Thuringia. "Wahlkreis 190: Stefan Schröder (AfD) holt das Direktmandat". Thüringer
Stefan_Schröder_(politician)
15.18 15 636,778 9.43 9 657,510 9.67 10 451,510 6.51 7 311,058 4.44 4 Thuringia 246,065 3.61 4 510,527 7.56 8 115,915 1.70 2 56,097 0.81 1 200,688 2.87
Results of the 2025 German federal election
Results_of_the_2025_German_federal_election
German politician
Party (FDP) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia from 2019 to 2023. In 1979 Hanke began training as a decorative painter
Reginald_Hanke
Political party in Germany (1919–1946/1956)
Marburger Abhandlungen zur politischen Wissenschaft, Band 14, ISSN 0542-6480). Hain, Meisenheim am Glan 1969, (Nachdruck. (= Politladen-Reprint. No. 8). Verlag
Communist_Party_of_Germany
German politician (born 1981)
after that Parliamentary secretary of the FDP group in the Landtag of Thuringia until 2023. Beside that Wagner was a member of the city parents’ council
Tim_Wagner
German politician (born 1995)
Düber Durz Edelhäußer Engelhard Englhardt-Kopf Erndl Frieser Geissler Hahn Hain Hierl Hoffmann Kießling Körner Koller Lange Launert Lenz Lindholz Ludwig
Christopher_Drößler
German politician (born 1969)
(1969-07-16) 16 July 1969 (age 56) Jena, Bezirk Gera, East Germany (now Thuringia, Germany) Party BSW (2023–present) Other party SED (1989) PDS (1989–2007)
Sahra_Wagenknecht
Districts for Germany's lower house
Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia Local Politics District council (Kreistag) Municipal council (Gemeinderat)
List of Bundestag constituencies
List_of_Bundestag_constituencies
Town in Saxony, Germany
Altenburger Land; as well as Braunichswalde, Rückersdorf, and Seelingstädt in Thuringia in Landkreis of Greiz. The town Crimmitschau consists of Crimmitschau
Crimmitschau
German politician (born 1964)
2021. Kaufmann was born in Gera. Kaufmann was elected to the Landtag of Thuringia in 2019. On 5 March 2020 he was elected vice president of the Landtag
Michael_Kaufmann_(politician)
German politician (born 1977)
Bundestag for Thuringia since 2021. Previously, she was a member of the Landtag of Thuringia from 2004 to 2021, leader of the Thuringia branch of The
Susanne_Hennig-Wellsow
German politician (born 1966)
From 1990 to 1993, she was a member of the Thuringia State Executive of Alliance 90. As a member of the Thuringia state boards of Democracy Now and Alliance
Katrin_Göring-Eckardt
Bouffier 7 October 1990 CDU 172 30.4% Torben Braga 27 August 1991 AfD Thuringia Michael Brand 19 November 1973 CDU Hesse Fulda (173) 173 43.3% 2 2005
21st_Bundestag
German politician
for Germany (AfD), previously FDP. He entered the state parliament of Thuringia after the state elections of 27 October 2019. After graduating from the
Torben_Braga
German lawyer and politician (born 1976)
since 2008. From 2020 to 2022, he has been the chairman of the CDU in Thuringia and co-deputy Chairman since then. From 2018 to 2020, Hirte served as
Christian_Hirte
Prospekte und Landschafts-Inventionen, Volume 2 of Sondershäuser Kataloge, Hain, 2003 ISBN 3-898070-62-X Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johann Alexander
Johann_Alexander_Thiele
Town in Bavaria, Germany
Carinthia and Salzburg, in the Nordgau (the present Upper Palatinate), in Thuringia, and on the Danube. By the changes resulting from the Reformation, the
Bamberg
German politician
Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as Deputy Minister-President of Thuringia between 2009 and 2014. He was also a member of the Bundestag from 1999
Christoph_Matschie
German politician
Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia from 2009 until 2021. Born in Leipzig, Saxony, Schipanski is the son of
Tankred_Schipanski
Early and High Middle Age German migration movement to the East
the Obotrites and Wilzes in the North, as well as on the Sorbs (east of Thuringia) and Czech tribal princes. However, since the goal wasn't to establish
Ostsiedlung
Count of Nassau (c. 1180 – before 1251)
Cathedral. In 1239 he transferred, at the request of his vassal Friedrich vom Hain, the income of the Netphen parishes to the Premonstratensian Keppel Abbey
Henry_II,_Count_of_Nassau
German politician (born 1967)
Born in Apolda, Thuringia, he represents The Left. Ralph Lenkert has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia since 2009. Lenkert
Ralph_Lenkert
German lawyer and politician (born 1977)
informal leadership of Björn Höcke, a regional leader of the party in Thuringia. Höcke also supported Krah's candidacy as the AfD's top candidate for
Maximilian_Krah
German politician
2021 to 2025. After graduating from Wilhelm-Häßler-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Thuringia, and completing his alternative civilian service, Schneider accepted a
Carsten_Schneider
Form of revolutionary organisation
the Early Weimar Republic] (in German). Meisenheim am Glan: Verlag Anton Hain. Bock, Hans-Manfred (1976). Geschichte des "linken Radikalismus" in Deutschland:
Syndicalism
German politician
Konrad Adenauer Foundation's office in Beijing, China, as well as the Thuringia's State Ministry of Transportation, Construction and Economic Development
Mark_Hauptmann
German politician (born 1977)
Ilmenau, Thuringia, he represents Alternative for Germany (AfD). Marcus Bühl has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia since 2017
Marcus_Bühl
East Franconian dialect of Germany
of Johann Georg Steiner of Sonneberg from August Schleicher]. Rudolstadt, Hain, 1996, ISBN 3-930215-27-6. (de) Wolfgang Lösch: Zur Dialektsituation im Grenzsaum
Itzgründisch_dialect
University in Leipzig, Germany
Wissenschaft". Die deutsche Frauenbewegung 1843–1889 (in German) (1 ed.). Berlin: Hain. p. 112. Auf der Generalversammlung des Allgemeinen deutschen Frauenvereins
Leipzig_University
in Kiedrich; moved to Mainz 1324; dissolved 1781) Maria Hain Charterhouse (Kartause Maria Hain), Unterrath near Düsseldorf (North Rhine-Westphalia) (founded
List of Carthusian monasteries
List_of_Carthusian_monasteries
during their stay in war-torn Aachen. During their subsequent visit to the Hain mine in early April 1945, the two officers discovered in a separate and guarded
Marburg Central Collecting Point
Marburg_Central_Collecting_Point
Federal Bundestag election regulation
und Wahlrechtsdiskussion im westlichen Nachkriegsdeutschland 1945–1956. Hain, Meisenheim am Glan 1975, ISBN 3-445-01152-4 Helmut Nicolaus: Grundmandatsklausel
Electoral_system_of_Germany
German politician
a research assistant to the PDS parliamentary group in the Landtag of Thuringia. From 2005 to 2007, she served in the PDS district executive in Erfurt
Martina_Renner
admiral. Leopoldo Guerra, 68, Guatemalan public official and lawyer. David Hains, 92, Australian businessman and horse breeder. Thomas Hellberg, 81, Swedish
Deaths_in_January_2023
German politician
Jürgen Pohl has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia since 2017. He became member of the Bundestag after the 2017 German federal
Jürgen_Pohl
German politician
Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia from 2002 until 2021. Vogel first became a member of the Bundestag in
Volkmar_Vogel
German politician
joined the FDP. He is member of the executive committee of the FDP in Thuringia since 2014 and its deputy chairman since 2016. He is also chairman of
Gerald_Ullrich
German politician
Frankenhausen, Thuringia, she represents The Left. Kersten Steinke has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia from 1998 till
Kersten_Steinke
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Biosphere Reserve Yes Brandenburg Hainich 1 Hainich National Park Yes Thuringia Jasmund 1 Jasmund National Park Yes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Kellerwald
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
Ancient_and_Primeval_Beech_Forests_of_the_Carpathians_and_Other_Regions_of_Europe
German politician (born 1955)
various positions with the CDU in the Eichsfeld county and the state of Thuringia. From 1990 to 1994 Grund served as head of the Heiligenstadt district
Manfred_Grund
German politician
Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia from 2002 to 2025. After graduating from high school in 1983, Tillmann
Antje_Tillmann
Football tournament season
Schleswig-Holstein VfB Lübeck South Baden FC 08 Villingen Southwest SC Hauenstein Thuringia Carl Zeiss Jena Westphalia SG Wattenscheid Sportfreunde Lotte Württemberg
2016–17_DFB-Pokal
German politician
(born 24 September 1960) is a German politician. Born in Schmalkalden, Thuringia, she represents The Left. Kirsten Tackmann has served as a member of the
Kirsten_Tackmann
Subject of statutory reports
Problematik und zu den Möglichkeiten der Reform. Meisenheim am Glan: Anton Hain, 1973. Publications | International IDEA Archived 13 January 2012 at the
Party_finance_in_Germany
German politician
Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia from 1994 to 1998 and again from 2009 to 2021. Selle became a member of
Johannes_Selle
German politician (born 1987)
(SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia since 2017. In addition to her parliamentary work, Kaiser has been as
Elisabeth_Kaiser
German politician
Hypovereinsbank. Münz spoke in the summer of 2019 against a candidacy of the Thuringia parliamentary leader Björn Höcke as federal chairman of AfD. He feared
Volker_Münz
Day of the year
Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach (died 2014) 1950 – Peter Hain, Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales 1951 – William Katt, American
February_16
losses Rebellion of Hain Ahmed Pasha (January 1524) Ottoman Empire Principality of Hain Ahmed Pasha Egypt Eyalet Victory Death of Hain Ahmed Pasha. Egypt
List_of_wars_involving_Egypt
Park and gardens originally attached to the Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha, Germany
fürstliche Gärten in 5 Jahrhunderten (= Gothaisches Museums-Jahrbuch. 11, 2008). Hain, Weimar 2007, ISBN 978-3-89807-106-2. Michael Niedermeier: Vorhöfe, Tempel
Schlosspark_Gotha
German politician
Düber Durz Edelhäußer Engelhard Englhardt-Kopf Erndl Frieser Geissler Hahn Hain Hierl Hoffmann Kießling Körner Koller Lange Launert Lenz Lindholz Ludwig
Oliver_Vogt
German politician (born 1952)
5, 2020, Kubicki defended the election of Thomas Kemmerich (FDP) as Thuringia's prime minister with the votes of the FDP, AfD and CDU. The vote of Kemmerich
Wolfgang_Kubicki
German politician
Nordt ran for the German Bundestag in 6th place on the CDU state list for Thuringia. She has been in the Bundestag since March 22, 2021, as the successor
Kristina_Nordt
10th season of the 3. Liga
FC and FSV Zwickau Saxony-Anhalt 2 Hallescher FC and 1. FC Magdeburg Thuringia 2 Rot-Weiß Erfurt and Carl Zeiss Jena 8 Bremen 1 Werder Bremen II Hesse
2017–18_3._Liga
German politician
Connolly (March 3, 2020), Boycott threats after AfD fascist stands for Thuringia premier The Guardian. Deutschlandtag der Jungen Union: „Friedrich Merz
Tilman_Kuban
9th season of the Regionalliga
the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony and Thuringia competed in the fifth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost; 15
2016–17_Regionalliga
German police officer and politician
got asked to concentrate on his legitimated position as chairman of AfD Thuringia and not to split the whole party nationwide. "Deutscher Bundestag - Lars
Lars_Herrmann
German politician
Incumbent Assumed office 2021 Personal details Born (1956-03-21) 21 March 1956 (age 70) Grabe, Mühlhausen, Thuringia, Germany (then East Germany) Party AfD
Christina_Baum
11th season of the 3. Liga
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1 Hansa Rostock Rhineland-Palatinate 1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Saxony 1 FSV Zwickau Saxony-Anhalt 1 Hallescher FC Thuringia 1 Carl Zeiss Jena
2018–19_3._Liga
German politician (born 1992)
who was elected into the federal diet, the Bundestag, in 2025. Born in Thuringia in 1992, Glaser has lived in St. Georgen, a borough of Freiburg since
Vinzenz_Glaser
German politician
members of the 21st Bundestag v t e Members of the German Bundestag from Thuringia SPD Elisabeth Kaiser Christoph Matschie Carsten Schneider CDU Manfred
Robby_Schlund
German politician
members of the 21st Bundestag v t e Members of the German Bundestag from Thuringia SPD Elisabeth Kaiser Christoph Matschie Carsten Schneider CDU Manfred
Albert_Weiler
German politician
members of the 21st Bundestag v t e Members of the German Bundestag from Thuringia SPD Elisabeth Kaiser Christoph Matschie Carsten Schneider CDU Manfred
Anton_Friesen
German politician
Düber Durz Edelhäußer Engelhard Englhardt-Kopf Erndl Frieser Geissler Hahn Hain Hierl Hoffmann Kießling Körner Koller Lange Launert Lenz Lindholz Ludwig
Arnold_Vaatz
HAIN THURINGIA
HAIN THURINGIA
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : variant spelling of Hain.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Jain
Forest; Rain
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic from of Latin Johannes, JÓHANN means "God is gracious."
Female
Vietnamese
 Vietnamese unisex name HAI means "two; second." Compare with another form of Hai.
Male
Vietnamese
Vietnamese unisex name HAI means "two; second." Compare with another form of Hai.
Male
Scottish
Variant spelling of Scottish Gaelic Ian, IAIN means "God is gracious."
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : nickname for a fair-haired person, from Gaelic bà n ‘white’, ‘fair’. This is a common name in the Highlands, first recorded in Perth in 1324.Northern English : nickname meaning ‘bone’, probably bestowed on an exceptionally tall, lean man, from Old English bÄn ‘bone’. In northern Middle English -Ä- was preserved, whereas in southern dialects (which later became standard), it was changed to -Å-.Northern English : nickname for a hospitable person, from northern Middle English beyn, bayn ‘welcoming’, ‘friendly’ (Old Norse beinn ‘straight’, ‘direct’).English and French : metonymic occupational name for an attendant at a public bath house, from Middle English, Old French baine ‘bath’.French : topographic name for someone who lived by a Roman bath, from Old French baine ‘bath’ or a habitational name from a place in Ille-et-Vilaine, named with this word.Possibly an altered spelling of North German Behn.George Luke Scobie Bain (1836–91) was born in Stirling, Scotland. He ran away to sea and successively lived and worked in Portland, ME, Chicago, and St. Louis, where he was a miller and flour merchant and a very prominent citizen.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : habitational name from any of various places in France, deriving their names mostly from Old French fain ‘swamp’, but Latin fanum ‘temple’ is also a source in some cases.English : variant spelling of Fayne.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named with Middle English heghen, a weak plural of hegh, from Old English (ge)hæg ‘enclosure’. See also Haynes.English : from the Middle English personal name Hain, Heyne. This is derived from the Germanic personal name Hagano, originally a byname meaning ‘hawthorn’. It is found in England before the Conquest, but was popularized by the Normans. In the Danelaw, it may be derived from Old Norse Hagni, Hǫgni (see Hagan), a Scandinavianized version of the same name.English : nickname for a wretched individual, from Middle English hain(e), heyne ‘wretch’, ‘niggard’.German : topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of enclosed pastureland, Middle High German hage(n) (see Hagen 1), hain, or a habitational name from a place named Hain, from this word.German : from the Germanic personal name Hagin, originally a byname from the same element as in 2 above.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : metronymic from the Yiddish personal name Khaye ‘life’ + the Slavic possessive suffix -in.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hain 1–3.German : variant spelling of Hain 4.Jewish : variant spelling of Hain 6.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish spelling of Irish Hare.English
Scottish spelling of Irish Hare.English : nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the hair, from Middle English here ‘hair’.
Male
English
 Middle English name HAIG means "to cut, to chop." Compare with another form of Haig.
Female
English
Modern English name, either derived from from the vocabulary word, or a revival of the medieval English personal name Rayne, RAIN means "queen." Compare with masculine Rain.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Tuwbal Qayin, TUBAL-CAIN means "thou shall be brought of Cain." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Lamech, said to be an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval personal name Han(n), which is usually a short form of Johan (see John). In some cases, however, it may be from Henry and even Randolph (for the replacement of R- by H- in Germanic names introduced by the Normans, compare Hick).German : from an aphetic form of the personal name Johann (see John).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English digne, deyne ‘worthy’, ‘honorable’, or alternatively, as Reaney suggests, from Middle English dain(e) ‘haughty’, ‘reserved’ (Burgundian French doigne).English : variant of Dean.English : variant of Dane.French : nickname from Old French dain ‘agile’, ‘nimble’.Jewish : variant of Dayan.
Boy/Male
Indian, Jain, Sanskrit
Who Gain Moksha; Salvation
Male
German
Short form of German Johann, HAN means "God is gracious."
Male
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Chayim, HAIM means "life."
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Iain, patronymic from Iain, one of the Gaelic forms of John. This name is found in many other spellings, including McCain, Kean, and McKean. In some cases it may also be a variant of Coyne.English : variant spelling of Cane.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Caen in Calvados, France, named with the Gaulish elements catu ‘battle’ + magos ‘field’, ‘plain’.French (Caïn) : from the Biblical name Cain (Hebrew Qayin), probably applied as a derogatory nickname for someone who was considered to be treacherous.Spanish (CaÃn) : habitational name from a place called CaÃn in León.
HAIN THURINGIA
HAIN THURINGIA
Girl/Female
English American Latin
A feminine name ending in -tina, but is now also popular as an independent first name.
Boy/Male
Tamil
The Avadhoot means, The person who has passed beyond all worldly attachments and cares
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Muslim
Full of Beauty; Peace; Full of Life
Girl/Female
Irish
Described as “one of the most remarkable women in Irish history†Granuaile or Grainne Ni Mhaille (ang. as Grace O’Malley) was a renowned sea captain who led a band of 200 sea-raiders from the coast of Galway in the sixteenth century. Twice widowed, twice imprisoned, fighting her enemies both Irish and English for her rights, condemned for piracy, and finally pardoned in London by Queen Elizabeth herself, her fame was celebrated in verse and song and in James Joyce’s “Finnegan’s Wake.†She is often seen as a poetic symbol for Ireland.
Girl/Female
Latin
Maia; the month of May.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Red, Ruby, Goddess Lakshmi in the form of iron
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
The One who is Happy to Meditate
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil
Worship; Praise of God
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Of a True Nature
Girl/Female
German
Glorious; Battle Maiden
HAIN THURINGIA
HAIN THURINGIA
HAIN THURINGIA
HAIN THURINGIA
HAIN THURINGIA
v. t.
To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.
v. t.
To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
v. t.
To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.
a.
So tight as to exclude rain; as, a rain-tight roof.
n.
A main-hamper.
v. t.
To measure with the chain.
a.
Very; extremely; as, main heavy.
v.
The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.
superl.
Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
n.
That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit.
n.
Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.
v. t.
To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds.
n.
To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.
n.
To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.
n.
Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.
v. t.
To pour forcibly down, as hail.
n.
A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
n.
A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.