A*main" (#), adv. [Pref. a- + main. See 2d Main, n.]
1.
With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly.
They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain.
Milton.
That striping giant, ill-bred and scoffing, shouts amain.
T. Parker.
2.
At full speed; in great haste; also, at once.
"They fled
amain."
Holinshed.
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A*main", v. t. [F. amener. See Amenable.] Naut.
To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.
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A*main", v. i. Naut.
To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.
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