maimedness (mamednes)

The condition of being maimed. Maim on i dean (mi-mon-i-de'an), a. [ main strength (= OS. meg in = OHG. meg in = Icel. meg in, magn, power, might, the main part of a thing), alma might from the same source referred to main1 (defs. 2, 3, etc.) are in part due.] 1. Strength; force; violent effort: now used chiefly in the phrase with might and main. God schulde be worschipide ouer al thing; do riztwijsnes with merc i with al thi mayn . Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S), p. 37. But th' Adamantine shield which he did beare So well was tempred, that for all his maine It would no pa age yeeld unto his purpose vaine. Spenser, F. Q., V. xi. 10. 2. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the gro ; the bulk; the greater part. [Obsolete or archaic.] He himself with the main of his Army was entered far into the Country. Milton, Hist. Eng., v. Main of my studies. Bp . Parker , Platonick Philos., p. 2. The main of them may be reduced to language, and an improvement in wisdom. Locke . Hence-3t. The principal point; that which is of most importance; the chief or principal object, aim, or effort. Let's make haste away, and look unto the main . Shak., 2 Hen. VI., i. 1. 208. IMG:content-0098.png:[blocks in formation] Over this main from hell to that new world. Milton , P. L., x. 256. Now, specifically - (a) The expanse of ocean; the open ocean; the high sea. I cannot, 'twixt the heaven and the main , Descry a sail. Shak., Othello, ii. 1. 3. (6) A continental stretch of land; a continent; the mainland, as distinguished from islands. Travelling the maine of poore Slavonia,... he came to Grates in Steria. Capt . John Smith , True Travels, I. 7. Almost fourteen months before Columbus in his third voyage came in sight of the main , he (John Cabot] discovered the western continent. Bancroft , Hist. U. S., I. 9. 5. A principal duct, channel, pipe, or electrical conductor, as a water or gas-pipe running along a street in a town, or the largest conductor in a system of electric lights. The fillet should be at least 2 inches wide in the case of the mains. Elect. Rev. (Amer.), II. 2. 6. The thick part of meat. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] - For the main, in the main, for the most part; in the greatest part; on the whole. - Hydraulic main. See hydraulic . With might and main. See might1 . main2 (man), a. [ main , mayn , ( a ) partly meginn , megn , main, strong, mighty (= Dan. megen , much), a ociated with the noun meg in , might, main, = AS. mægen = E. main1 (there is no like adj. in AS.) (see main1 ); (b) partly maine , maigne , magne , chief, great, = Sp. mag no = Pg. mag no , manho = It. mag no , great, magnus , great, akin to Gr. μέγας (μεγαλ-), great, AS. micel , great, E. mickle , much: see mickle , much . From L. magnus are also E. magnum, magnify , magnitude , etc.) 11. Great in size or degree; vast; hence, strong; powerful; important. Thes Me angers met with a mayn knight, A derf mon to dem, & Delon his nome. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 7833. I may seem At first to make a main offence in manners. B. Jonson, Volpone, iii. 1. How dare you, sirrah, 'gainst so main a person, A man of so much noble note and honour, Put up this base complaint? Fletcher and Rowley , Maid in the Mill, iii. 2. Lastly, the use of all unlawful arts is maine abuse. Lord Brooke, Human Learning. Themselves invaded next, and on their heads Main promontories flung. Milton , P. L., vi. 654. 2. Principal; prime; chief; leading; of chief or principal importance: as, his main effort was to please. To maintaine the maine chance, they use the benefits of their wives or friends. Greene, Conny Catching (1591). Count Olivares is the main Man who sways all. Maim on ides.