GAIN
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Gain (?), n. [Cf. W. gan a mortise.] (Arch.) A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
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Gain, a. [OE. gein, gain, good, near, quick; cf. Icel. gegn ready, serviceable, and gegn, adv., against, opposite. Cf. Ahain.] Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Gain (g&ā;n), n. [OE. gain, gein, ga&yogh_;hen, gain, advantage, Icel. gagn; akin to Sw. gagn, Dan. gavn, cf. Goth. gageigan to gain. The word was prob. influenced by F. gain gain, OF. gaain. Cf. Gain, v. t.] 1. That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss.
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But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Phil. iii. 7.
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Godliness with contentment is great gain.
1 Tim. vi. 6.
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Every one shall share in the gains.
Shak.
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2. The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation. “The lust of gain.” Tennyson.
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Gain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gained (g&ā;nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gaining.] [From gain, n. but. prob. influenced by F. gagner to earn, gain, OF. gaaignier to cultivate, OHG. weidin&ō;n, weidinen to pasture, hunt, fr. weida pasturage, G. weide, akin to Icel. veiðr hunting, AS. w&ā;ðu, cf. L. venari to hunt, E. venison. See Gain, n., profit.]
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1. To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.
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What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Matt. xvi. 26.
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To gain dominion, or to keep it gained.
Milton.
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For fame with toil we gain, but lose with ease.
Pope.
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2. 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.
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3. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
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If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Matt. xviii. 15.
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To gratify the queen, and gained the court.
Dryden.
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4. To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.
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Forded Usk and gained the wood.
Tennyson.
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5. To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage. [Obs. or Ironical]
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Ye should . . . not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
Acts xxvii. 21.
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Gained day, the calendar day gained in sailing eastward around the earth. -- To gain ground, to make progress; to advance in any undertaking; to prevail; to acquire strength or extent. -- To gain over, to draw to one's party or interest; to win over. -- To gain the wind (Naut.), to reach the windward side of another ship.
Syn. -- To obtain; acquire; get; procure; win; earn; attain; achieve. See Obtain. -- To Gain, Win. Gain implies only that we get something by exertion; win, that we do it in competition with others. A person gains knowledge, or gains a prize, simply by striving for it; he wins a victory, or wins a prize, by taking it in a struggle with others.
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Gain (?), v. i. To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.
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Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion.
Ezek. xxii. 12.
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Gaining twist, in rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves, which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle. To gain on or To gain upon. (a) To encroach on; as, the ocean gains on the land. (b) To obtain influence with. (c) To win ground upon; to move faster than, as in a race or contest. (d) To get the better of; to have the advantage of.
[1913 Webster]The English have not only gained upon the Venetians in the Levant, but have their cloth in Venice itself.
Addison.
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My good behavior had so far gained on the emperor, that I began to conceive hopes of liberty.
Swift.
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