maintopmast (man topmast or mast)

Naut., the mast next above the lower mainmast. maintopsail (mān'top-sal or -sl), n. In square rigged ve els, the sail above the mainsail. Maintopsail-yard, the yard on which the maintopsail is set. main-wales (man'wālz), n. pl. Naut., the strakes worked from the lower port-sill of the gun-deck to the bottom plank. main-yard (man'yärd), n. Naut., the lower yard on the mainmast. Their topmasts and their mainyards Were cover'd o'er wi' gold. James Herries (Child's Ballads, I. 206). maioid (ma'yoid), a . and n. [ Maia + -oid.] I. a . Same as maioidean . amount is consumed in the manufacture of spirits; it is the principal grain distilled in the United States. Maize was found in cultivation over a great part of America on its discovery, and was rapidly diffused throughout the world wherever the climate was suitable to it. Heer, of one grain of Maiz , a Reed doth spring That thrice a year fiue hundred grains doth bring. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 3. 3. A coal-tar color, the sodium salt of the disulphonic acid of azoxy-stilbene. It dyes silk and wool reddish-yellow in an acid bath. Also called sun -yellow. - Japan maize, a variety with ornamental variegated leaves. - Mountain maize, plants of the genus Ombrophytum, said to be eaten like mushrooms. Water-maize, the royal water-lily Victoria re gia: so called on account of its farinaceous seeds.