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- verb Present participle of
gayne .
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Examples
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And trewelie, it may be a shame to good studentes who hauing so faire examples to follow, as Plato and Tullie, do not vse so wise wayes in folowing them for the obteyning of wisdome and learning, as rude ignorant Artificers do, for gayning a small commoditie.
The Scholemaster 1570
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And trewelie, it may be a shame to good studentes who hauing so faire examples to follow, as _Plato_ and _Tullie_, do not vse so wise wayes in folowing them for the obteyning of wisdome and learning, as rude ignorant Artificers do, for gayning a small commoditie.
The Schoolmaster Roger Ascham 1541
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She will goe into England with me, and were it but the gayning of this one soule, I will think my time, toile, and present stay well spent. "
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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She will goe into England with me, and were it but the gayning of this one soule, I will think my time, toile, and present stay well spent. "
The Story of Pocahontas Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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