convenient, cheap; that field lies gain for me ; I bought that horse pretty gain. Norf.
·noun To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage. II. Gain ·vt The obtaining or amassing o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to go cross a field the nearest way, to meet with something. S. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
the barb of a fishing-hook. Derb. ...
To arrive on the weather-side of some other vessel in sight, when both are plying to windward. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book