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Mainpin
() A kingbolt.
Mainprise
() A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete.
Mainprise
() Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.
Mainprised
() of Mainprise
Mainprising
() of Mainprise
Mainprise
() To suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties, or mainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner.
Mains
() The farm attached to a mansion house.
Mainsail
() The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.
Mainsheet
() One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.
Mainspring
() 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.
Mainstay
() The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop.
Mainstay
() Main support; principal dependence.
Mainswear
() To swear falsely.
Maintained
() of Maintain
Maintaining
() of Maintain
Maintain
() 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.
Maintain
() To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
Maintain
() To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
Maintain
() To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.
Maintain
() To affirm; to support or defend by argument.
Maintainable
() That maybe maintained.
Maintainer
() One who maintains.
Maintainor
() One who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.
Maintenance
() The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.
Maintenance
() That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.
Maintenance
() 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.
Maintop
() The platform about the head of the mainmast in square-rigged vessels.
Main yard
() The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast.
Maioid
() Of or pertaining to the genus Maia, or family Maiadeae.
Maister
() Master.
Maister
() Principal; chief.
Maistre
() Alt. of Maistry
Maistrie
() Alt. of Maistry
Maistry
() Mastery; superiority; art. See Mastery.
Maistress
() Mistress.
Maithes
() Same as Maghet.
Maize
() 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.
Majestatic
() Alt. of Majestatal
Majestatal
() Majestic.
Majestic
() Possessing or exhibiting majesty; of august dignity, stateliness, or imposing grandeur; lofty; noble; grand.
Majestical
() Majestic.
Majesticness
() The quality or state of being majestic.
Majesties
() of Majesty
Majesty
() The dignity and authority of sovereign power; quality or state which inspires awe or reverence; grandeur; exalted dignity, whether proceeding from rank, character, or bearing; imposing loftiness; stateliness; -- usually applied to the rank and dignity of sovereigns.
Majesty
() Hence, used with the possessive pronoun, the title of an emperor, king or queen; -- in this sense taking a plural; as, their majesties attended the concert.
Majesty
() Dignity; elevation of manner or style.
Majolica
() A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century.
Major
() Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.
Major
() Of greater dignity; more important.
Major
() Of full legal age.