amain : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: amain	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for amain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amain adv at full speed; with great haste; "the children ran down the hill amain" with all your strength; "he pulled the ropes amain"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amain \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. [bd]They fled amain.[b8] --Holinshed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amain \A*main"\, v. t. [F. amener. See {Amenable}.] (Naut.) To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amain \A*main"\, v. i. (Naut.) To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.