main link (manlingk)

In mach., in the usual parallel motion, the link that connects the end of the beam of a steam-engine to the piston-rod. mainly (mān'li), adv. [ 21. Greatly; to a great degree; mightily. When a suspect doth catch once, it burns mainly. Middle ton, The Witch, iv. 2. Still she eyes him mainly . Fletcher , Mad Lover, iii. 4. 3. Chiefly; principally: as, he is mainly occupied with domestic concerns. Moos'lims of Arabian origin have, for many centuries, mainly composed the population of Egypt. E. W. Lane , Modern Egyptians, I. 29. They are Spaniards mainly in their love of revolt. Lathrop , Spanish Vistas, p. 181. mainmast (man måst or -mast), n. Naut ., the principal mast in a ship or other ve el. In three-masted ve els it is the middle mast; in a ve el carrying two masts it is the one toward the stern, except in the yawl, galiot, and ketch, where it is the mast toward the prow; in four-masted ships it is the second mast from the bow.- Mainmast man, a seaman stationed to attend to and keep in order the ropes about the mainmast. mainort, mainourt (ma'nor), n. [Also manour , manner, maner; mainoure , meinoure, may nure , mainoure , meinoure , OF. maineuvre , manoeuvre, manovre , work of the hand: see ma nœuver , manure , manner3.] 1. Act or fact: used of the commi ion of theft.-2. That which is stolen; evidence of guilt found on an offender, as stolen goods. - To be taken in the mainor, to be taken or caught in the act, as of theft. IMG:content-0101.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0102.png:[ocr errors] main-pendant (man'pen"dant), n. Naut., a piece pi of stout rope fixed to the top of the main- mast under the shrouds on each side, and having an iron thimble spliced into an eye at the lower end to receive the hooks of the pendant-tackle. main pern ablet (mān'per-na-bl), a. [ mainprenable , mainprendre , take sure- ty: see mainprise , mainpernor .] In law , capable of being admitted to give give surety by main per main per- nors; proper to be main prised; bailable. main pern ort, mainpernourt (man'per-nor), n. [Early mod. E. also mayneperner; pernour , me in pern our , maynpurnour , mainparnour , main pre nor, main- preneur , mainprendre , take surety: see main- prise.] In law , a surety for a prisoner's ap- pearance in court at a future day; one who gives mainprise for another: differing from bail in that the mainpernor could not imprison or surrender the prisoner before the day appoint- ed. See mainprise . Whan Cryste schall schewe his woundys wete, Than Marye be oure maynpurnoure ! MS . Cantab. Fl. ii. 38, f. 5. ( Hall i well .) To compel them to find surety of their good bearing, by sufficient mainpernors , of such as be distrainable, if any default be found in such Feitors and Vagabonds, Laws of Richard II ., quoted in Ribton-Turner's Vagrants [and Vagrancy, p. 59. Thou knowest well ynough that I am thy pledge, borowe, and mayneperner. Hall's Union , 1548, Hen. IV., fol. 12. ( Nares .) main-pin (mān'pin), n. A pin upon which the fore axle of a wagon turns in locking. [Prov. Eng.]