Amain
A·main
Amain
adv.
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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.
That striping giant, ill-bred and scoffing, shouts amain.
- At full speed; in great haste; also, at once.
Amain
v. t.
- To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc. (Naut.)
amain
v. i.
- To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield. (Naut.)