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  • English Word Mains Definition The farm attached to a mansion house.
  • English Word Mainsail Definition The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.
  • English Word Mainsheet Definition One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.
  • English Word Mainspring Definition The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action.
  • English Word Mainstay Definition The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop.
  • English Word Mainstay Definition Main support; principal dependence.
  • English Word Mainswear Definition To swear falsely.
  • English Word Maintain Definition To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.
  • English Word Maintain Definition To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
  • English Word Maintain Definition To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
  • English Word Maintain Definition To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.
  • English Word Maintain Definition To affirm; to support or defend by argument.
  • English Word Maintainable Definition That maybe maintained.
  • English Word Maintained Definition of Maintain
  • English Word Maintainer Definition One who maintains.
  • English Word Maintaining Definition of Maintain
  • English Word Maintainor Definition One who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.
  • English Word Maintenance Definition The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.
  • English Word Maintenance Definition That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.
  • English Word Maintenance Definition An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause depending between others, by assisting either party with money or means to carry it on. See Champerty.
  • English Word Maintop Definition The platform about the head of the mainmast in square-rigged vessels.
  • English Word Maioid Definition Of or pertaining to the genus Maia, or family Maiadeae.
  • English Word Maister Definition Master.
  • English Word Maister Definition Principal; chief.
  • English Word Maistre Definition Alt. of Maistry
  • English Word Maistress Definition Mistress.
  • English Word Maistrie Definition Alt. of Maistry
  • English Word Maistry Definition Mastery; superiority; art. See Mastery.
  • English Word Maithes Definition Same as Maghet.
  • English Word Maize Definition A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals.