Definition of "dain" []

• An obsolete spelling of deign.
• To disdain.
• Disdain. (noun)
• Noisome effluvia; stink. (noun)
• To ordain.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Clerks by the dozen and liveried messengers of the ministries struggle in the press; ladies gather their skirts closely, and try to pick a dainty way where, indeed, there is nothing 'dain' (a word which Doctor Johnson confesses that he could not find in any dictionary, but which he thinks might be very useful); servant girls, smart children with nurses and hoops going up to the"
• "Yu maided mih tu haz a thimk – adn ai noes tahtz dain jerr uss, butt !"
• "He could do a really killer Dr. Gene spoof if he had a little less dain bramage."