Gainage: alternatives and connections

A suffix from AS. -an, formerly used to form the plural of many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen. In some cases, s…

Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, e…

a variant phonological representation of a morpheme; "the final sounds of ‘bets’ and ‘beds’ and ‘horses’ and ‘oxen’ are allomorphs of…

A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen.

Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or app…

The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early epoch, in…

Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows.

A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery.

The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that dra…

Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or tools.

A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for ho…

A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.

The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.

A team of oxen or horses.

A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.

To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.

A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or fa…

The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, hor…