Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An old spelling of rein.
  • noun A watercourse; a gutter; specifically, the furrow between ridges of plowed land to take off the water.

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Examples

  • My mother, who gave me this troublesome moniker, pronounces it "car rean" in a lovely lilting Austrian accent.

    You Pronounce it "Car In" ____Maggie 2008

  • My mother, who gave me this troublesome moniker, pronounces it "car rean" in a lovely lilting Austrian accent.

    Archive 2008-05-01 ____Maggie 2008

  • Gasper Tringale Janice Y.K. Lee Growing up in a K.rean household in Hong K.ng, Janice Y.K. Lee says she felt out of place.

    Janice Y. K. Lee: Playing for Time 2009

  • I apologise for moving off topic there, I just wanted to share some of my own experience in this area. rean-day I wanted to encourage you.

    Please, Daddy, Let Mamma Stay Home 2007

  • "For minutes, as they rean in random directions, the buzzing continued, Colin always following behind Hassan, because the only thing worse than getting stung to death in south central Tennessee when your parents don't even know you're on a hog hunt is dying alone."

    An Abundance of Katherines 2006

  • He courageously broke the rules and rean as an independent when he lost his primary undercutting both the Democrat and the Republican candidate for his seat.

    Think Progress » Washington Post: Escalation advocates are ‘courageous.’ 2007

  • He courageously broke the rules and rean as an independent when he lost his primary undercutting both the Democrat and the Republican candidates for his seat.

    Think Progress » Washington Post: Escalation advocates are ‘courageous.’ 2007

  • John - I rean into Eric Schmidt and I asked how are you holding together.

    Archive 2005-10-01 Ben Barren 2005

  • John - I rean into Eric Schmidt and I asked how are you holding together.

    Isabeli do you know Omid Adwords ? Ben Barren 2005

  • Ophi-rean knights in gilded mail leaped their horses over mounds of corpses to slash at the solitary figure; squat Shemites with blue-black beards, and dark-faced Kothian knights ringed him on foot.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

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