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Show Think, you queftion with a Jew You may as well go ftand upon the beach And bid the main flood bate'his ufval height Shakefpeare Seeft thou what rag Tranfports our adverfary, -whom no bounds Nor yet the zain abyfs 3. Grofs; containing the chief part We ourfelf will follo In the main battle, which on either fid Shall be well winged with our chiefeft horfe. Shak All abreaf Charg'd our main battle's front 4 Shake[peare Important ; forcible This young prince, with a train of young noblemeén and gentlemen, but not with any main army came over to take poffeflion of his new patrimony Dawies on Ireland That, which thou arigh Believ'ft fo main to our fuccefs, I bring Milton Main. u. / 1. The grofs the greater part the bulk The main of them may be reduced to language in wifdom, by fecing men and an improvemen Locke 2. The fum ; the whole «They allowed the liturg church of England as to th Thefe notions concernin main, been put into writin 3. The ocean the general and government of th main King Charles coinage have, for th above twelve months Locke the great fea, as diflin guithed from bays or rivers A fubftitute fhines brightly as a king Until a king be by; and then his ftat Empties itfelf, as doth an inland broo Into the main of waters Shakefeare ‘Where's the king Bids the wind blow the earth into the fea Or fwell the curled waters *bove the main That things might change Shakefp. King Lear He fell, and ftruggling in the main e y D d v d n l i m t o f l hi Or Circe' Ma'INLY. adv. [from main. 1. Chiefly; principally 4. Violence force Prior And towards him with dreadful fury prance Spenfer ‘With might and mai He hafted to get up again Hudibras With might and main they chac'd the murd'rou fox, With brazen trumpets, and inflated box &. [From manus, Lat. Dryden A hand at dice Were it good which Th One dire fho Clofe by the board the prince's mainmaft bore. Dryd A Dutchman, upon 'breaking his leg by 2 fal from a smainmafl, told the ftanders-by, it was Spectator mercy it was not his neck MaINPERNABLE. adj Bailable may be admitted to give furety MaINPERNOR 7. / Surety tha bail He enforced the earl himfelf to fly, till twentyfix- noblemen became mainpernors for his appearance at a certain day ; but he making default, th uttermoft advantage was taken againft his fureties Dawies on Ireland MA'tNPRISE. 2. /. [main and pris, Fr. Delivery into the cuftody of a friend upon fecurity given for appearance bail Sir William Bremingham was executed for treafon, though the earl of Defmond was left to mainprize Dawies Give its poor entertainer quarter All at one caft; to fet fo rich a mai in the nice hazard of one doubtful hour To pafs our tedious hours away Shake[p ‘We throw a merry main Earl Dorfer's Song Writing is but juft like dice And lucky mains make pecple wife That jumbled words, if fortune throw 'em Shall, well as Dryden, form a poem Prior 6. The continent In 1589 we turned challengers, and invaded th main of Spain Bacon's Way with Spain 7. A hamper Ainfworth MaiNvanD. 2. /. [mainand land.] Continent Spenfer and Dryden feem to accent this word differently Ne was itifland then But was all defolate, and, of fome though B fc;x.to hr:v brouglit been §rom, 4he, Celtic Ma'insatv #. /. [main and fzil. Th fail of the main-maft They committed themfelves unto the fea, an hoifted up the muinfail to the wind , and made towar A Ma'insurer. 2. [/ [main and fheet.] Th fheet or fail of the mainmalft Strike, firike the top-fail; let the mainfbeet fly And furl your fails Dryden Ma" sy arp. 7. /. [main and yard.] Th yard of the mainmaft With fharp hooks they took hold of the tacklin which held the mainyard to the maft mainlan Spenfer then roww in n they cut the tackling, and brought the main Q I'(. b Arbuthot 7o MATNTA'IN: &. 2. [mmaintenir Er: 1. To preferve; to keep; not to f ffer t change Th ing.rcdi.cnts bein preferibe in their fub {'fance, maintain the blood in a g ntle fermentation, weclude oppilations, and mundif it. Harwey. 2. To defend; to hold out; to mak good not to refign This place, thefe pledges of your lov , maintain Dryden God values no man more or l fs, ‘in, placing hi high or low, but every one as he main ains his poft 3. Tovindicate Greaw's Cofnologia to joftify ; to fupport ¥f any man of quality will me; u ain upon Edwar earl of Glo'fter, th at he is manifold traito\r, le him appear kefpeare Thefe poffeflions being unl aw ully gotten, coul not be maintaine England by the Juft and honourable law o Darwies fllz(:é fw‘b' talk wit the duke, that n Sbakgfpeare'; King é‘al Some did the fong, and fome the chojr m%zjf"' Beneath a laurel fhade Ut 5. To keep up; to fupport the expencgfi' Sufficeth, that I have maintains my flate And fends the poor well pleafed from my gate fe 4 (e Shakefye What concerns it you if I wear pearl ax{gm ?"'5‘, I thank my good father T am able to maintsip ig," "',Iih Sbakefpar 6. To fupport with the convenienges life It was St. Paul's choice to maintain himfe[r‘b his own labour 1 I feek not to wax great by others waining. - men's money, and be partner in the induftries o younger men, he cannot but increafe mainly. Bu;fon Ma"inmasT. #. f. [mainand maff. chief or middle maft aintai be not of him perceived are fe for their greatnefs the board To fet the exact wealth of all our fate Maintai It was obferved by one, that himfelf came .hardA to a little riches, and very eafily to great riches for when a man's ftock is come to that, that h can expect the prime of markets, and overcom thofe bargains fer to ceafe 4. To continue; to keep up ; not lodged in the bodies of thofe {txata, bcmg interfperfed amongft the mattér, whereof the fald"fira Woodward's Natural Hiffory mainly confift 2. Greatly ; hugely Cla My right, nor-think the name of mo{fie" M,:;tcflIndu&ive mainly to the fin of Eve Nore They are mainly reducible to three The metallick matter ‘now found in tl}e. perpendicular intervals of the ftrata, '»Vas_orlg.mall thore He 'gan advanc With huge force, and importable mair the company, that he could top ywejj Mai tg juftify thofe cont; radictions Cry'd out for helping hands, but cry'd in vain Dryden And, by difcharge or mainprife, gran Say, why fhould the collected mai Deliv'ry from this bafe reftraint Hu ib as Ttfelf within itfelf contain | 7o MaINPRISE. . 4 To bail Why to its caverns fhould it fometimes creep And with delightful filence flee On the lov'd bofom of its parent deep Yord Robetts was full of contradiéio temper, and of parts fo much fuperio ¢ s d h f r f l h r b T o w Tho A brutith vice Miltots can hold ‘Wide interrupt IMA MA ™M A Ob Huy, | 4, T If a womun maintain her huband, fhe is full ¢o Eccluf. xxvin, "M anger and much reproach 1t is bard to maintain the truth, but much hards to bemaintained by it. Could itever yet feed, cloaty ‘ dc{ or defend its affertors South .4‘ J 7. To preferve from failure Here ten thoufand images remai Without confufion, and their rank maintain Blackm Zo MaiNTa"IN @. # To fupporbtyt § argument; to aflert as a tenet In tragedy an f fatire I maintain againft fomed i our modern criticks, that this age and the laftb excelled the ancients o Dryden's Fuvend MaixTa'inaRLE. adj. [from mainain) § Defenfible; juftifiable Being made lord-lieutenant of Bulloine, th'emjf fore beaten and fhaken, and fcarce maintainable, h' defended the place againft the Dauphin. Haywad, § MainTaINER. 2. /. [from maintain Supporter; cherither He dedicated the work to Sir Philip Sidney,2 {pecial maintainer of all learning. Spenfer's Pafords The maintainers and cherithers of a regular deso- tion, a true and decent piety Ma'inTENANCE South's Sermi "‘ #./o [maintenant, Br] 1. Supply of the neceffaries of life; fufte- nance; {uftentation It was St. Paul's choice to maintain himfl whereas in living by the churches maintenance,& | others did, there had been no offence committed Hooker God afligned Adam maintenance of life, and then | appointed him a law to obferve Hekr Thofe of better fortune not makin learning thei maintenance, take degrees with little improvement Swif z. Support ; proteiion ; defence They knew that no man might in reafon tak upon him to determine his own right, and accordin to his own determination proceed in mainfenan thereof Heoker "The beginning and caufe of this ordinanceamongl the Irifh wa for the defenc their lands in their pofterity and maintenanc Spenfer on I""I""d'," 3. Continuance ; fecurity from failure Whatfoever is granted to the church: for Gads honour, and the maintenance of his fervice, is grante to God outhe Ma‘inToP. 7. /- [mai top of the mainmaft and 10p. Th From their maintop joyful news they hea Of fhips, which by their mouid briag new fupplies Dryden Diétys could the maintep-maft beftride And down the ropes with a&ive vigour fide delfi{l Ma'jo 1 |