Gain"less, a. Not producing gain; unprofitable. Hammond. --
Gain"less/ness, n.
Gain"ly, adv. [See Gain, a.] Handily; readily; dexterously;
advantageously. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Gain"pain` (?), n.[F. gagner to gain + pain bread.] Bread-gainer; -- a
term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier.
Gain`say" (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gainsaid (? or ?); p. pr.
& vb. n. Gainsaying.] [OE. geinseien, ageinseien. See Again, and Say to
utter.] To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall
not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Luke xxi. 15.
The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy
mother, My sacred aunt, should by my mortal sword Be drained.
Shak.
Gain`say"er (?), n. One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. "To
convince the gainsayers." Tit. i. 9.
Gain"some (?), a. 1. Gainful.