Lexicographical Neighbors of Hained
Literary usage of Hained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal Corporations by Sidney Webb (1908)
"... and all Great Oxenden and Park Hill be hained from the sheep on the 22nd day
of November next ; and the said grass seeds and the sainfoin to be ..."
2. A Complete System of Pleading: Comprehending the Most Approved Precedents by John Wentworth, George Townesend, James Cornwall (1799)
"... hath been hained vp or fenced off to prevent fuch cattle lawfully being in
any other parts of the faid common field called Dean Field, whereof, ..."
3. Gairloch in North-west Ross-shire: Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and by John Henry Dixon (1886)
"Now "hained" is a Scotch word still in use; on the Borders they constantly speak
of a grass field being " hained " when the stock are withdrawn from it, ..."
4. Studies in English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and by William Swinton (1894)
"... Martyrs, Eigin, well - known Scottish psalm-tunes. LITERARY ANALYSIS.—95.
complimenta!. Remark on the form of the word. 96. weel-hained ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"A man who has gone through a long life and presents a fresh appearance is said
to be " weel hained." A grass field kept back from pasture till late in ..."
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