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• (n.) A hand or match at dice.
  
  
• (n.) A stake played for at dice.
  
  
• (n.) The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.
  
  
• (n.) A match at cockfighting.
  
  
• (n.) A main-hamper.
  
  
• (v.) Strength; force; might; violent effort.
  
  
• (v.) The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.
  
  
• (v.) The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the high sea; the ocean.
  
  
• (v.) The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland.
  
  
• (v.) principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir; as, a fire main.
  
  
• (a.) Very or extremely strong.
  
  
• (a.) Vast; huge.
  
  
• (a.) Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer.
  
  
• (a.) Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.
  
  
• (a.) Important; necessary.
  
  
• (a.) Very; extremely; as, main heavy.
  
  
• yard () The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast.
  
  
• (n.) The farm attached to a mansion house.