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Main brace
(gcide) | Main \Main\ (m[=a]n), a. [From Main strength, possibly
influenced by OF. maine, magne, great, L. magnus. Cf.
Magnate.]
1. Very or extremely strong. [Obs.]
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That current with main fury ran. --Daniel.
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2. Vast; huge. [Obs.] "The main abyss." --Milton.
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3. Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer. [Obs.] "It's a man
untruth." --Sir W. Scott.
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4. Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.;
as, the main reason to go; the main proponent.
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Our main interest is to be happy as we can.
--Tillotson.
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5. Important; necessary. [Obs.]
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That which thou aright
Believest so main to our success, I bring. --Milton.
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By main force, by mere force or sheer force; by violent
effort; as, to subdue insurrection by main force.
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That Maine which by main force Warwick did win.
--Shak.
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By main strength, by sheer strength; as, to lift a heavy
weight by main strength.
Main beam (Steam Engine), working beam.
Main boom (Naut.), the boom which extends the foot of the
mainsail in a fore and aft vessel.
Main brace.
(a) (Mech.) The brace which resists the chief strain. Cf.
Counter brace.
(b) (Naut.) The brace attached to the main yard.
Main center (Steam Engine), a shaft upon which a working
beam or side lever swings.
Main chance. See under Chance.
Main couple (Arch.), the principal truss in a roof.
Main deck (Naut.), the deck next below the spar deck; the
principal deck.
Main keel (Naut.), the principal or true keel of a vessel,
as distinguished from the false keel.
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Syn: Principal; chief; leading; cardinal; capital.
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To splice the main brace
(gcide) | Splice \Splice\ (spl[imac]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spliced
(spl[imac]st); p. pr. & vb. n. Splicing.] [D. splitsen,
splitten; akin to G. splissen, Sw. splissa, Dan. splisse, and
E. split; -- from the dividing or splitting the ends into
separate strands. See Split, v. t.]
1. To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a
particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the
union being between two ends, or between an end and the
body of a rope.
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2. To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the
two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon
the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
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3. To unite in marriage. [Slang]
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Splice grafting.ee under Grafting.
To splice the main brace (Naut.), to give out, or drink, an
extra allowance of spirits on occasion of special exposure
to wet or cold, or to severe fatigue; hence, to take a
dram.
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