† octrainn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: octo- comb. form, quatrain n.

Etymology: < oct- (in octo- comb. form) + -rain (in quatrain n.), after quatrain n., perhaps partially as a blend. N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ·ktreⁱn) /ˈɒktreɪn/.

Obsolete. rare.

A group of eight lines of verse.

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a1827 J. M. Good in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1882) VI. Ps. cxix. 1 Twenty-two octrains or discourses of eight lines each.

1863 Littell's Living Age 4 July 5/1 An anonymous octrain (of which the first six lines are weak) ends with this climax.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	octrain
释义	† octrainn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: octo- comb. form, quatrain n. Etymology: < oct- (in octo- comb. form) + -rain (in quatrain n.), after quatrain n., perhaps partially as a blend. N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ·ktreⁱn) /ˈɒktreɪn/. Obsolete. rare. A group of eight lines of verse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > eight-lined stanza octonary1530 ogdoastich1579 octavea1586 octastich1587 huitain1589 octave stanza1774 octraina1827 a1827 J. M. Good in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1882) VI. Ps. cxix. 1 Twenty-two octrains or discourses of eight lines each. 1863 Littell's Living Age 4 July 5/1 An anonymous octrain (of which the first six lines are weak) ends with this climax. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.a1827
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