foison \FOY-zun\ - 1.
archaic : rich harvest 2.
chiefly Scottish : physical energy or strength 3.
plural, obsolete : resources
An archaic, a Scottish, and an obsolete definition. Good thing it's an interesting word, and one of its example sentences led to another one:
wain \WAYN\ - 1. a usually large and heavy vehicle for farm use <a hay wain> 2.
capitalized [short for
Charles's Wain] : Big Dipper
Didn't know this one, either, and had definitely never heard this expression for this constellation. Other interesting history here on ancient references to just these seven stars as the Bear, which we now apply to a larger constellation . . .
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