单词 | amain |
释义 | † amainv. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. Nautical. To lower the topsail as a sign of surrender; to yield. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] > surrender to cry (or say) creanta1250 to yield oneself creanta1250 to do (also put) oneself in (also to) a person's mercya1325 yieldc1330 recray1340 summisec1450 render1523 amain1540 surrender1560 to throw down one's arms (also weapons, etc.)1593 articulate1595 to yield (also bow oneself) to (also upon) mercy1595 to give grass1597 capitulate1601 to cry cravena1634 to lower or strike one's flag1644 bail1840 hands-up1879 kamerad1914 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > reduce sail > specific vail1509 amain1540 1540 Voy. Barbara to Brazil in Naval Misc. (1912) IV. 57 The Spanyerdes bade the Barbara stryke, and cryed Amayne! Amayne! 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 132 The Turke is retired, Florence is alied, ye Duke of Milane is reduced, the Venetians did amaine. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea x. 19 Wished that the Gunner might shoote at her, to cause her to amaine. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 77 Then the Swallow bad them ‘Amaine for the King of England!’ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Amain, a Sea Term, used by a Man of War, to his Enemy; and signifying, yield. 2. a. transitive. Nautical. To lower (a sail, esp. the topsail). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > strike or take in (sails) > lower (sail) amain1541 vail1553 understrike?1615 settlea1625 douse1626 lower1626 1541 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 13 When thei see ony suche cloudys incontynent thei must amayne [Sp. amaynar] ther sailes. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xxix. f. 73 They had no time to amayne and take in theyr sayles [Pg. amainarem]. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lxii. 155 Hee called to us to amaine our sayles, which we could not well doe. 1650 J. Reynolds Flower of Fidelitie 153 They seeing no apparition of hope whereon to rely amaining their saile, immediately yeelded. b. transitive. figurative. To decrease or lessen (something). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] littleeOE anitherOE wanzelOE lessc1225 slakea1300 littenc1300 aslakec1314 adminisha1325 allayc1330 settle1338 low1340 minisha1382 reprovea1382 abatea1398 rebatea1398 subtlea1398 alaskia1400 forlyten?a1400 imminish14.. lessenc1410 diminish1417 repress?a1425 assuagec1430 scarcec1440 small1440 underslakec1440 alessa1450 debate?c1450 batec1460 decreasec1470 appetisse1474 alow1494 mince1499 perswage?1504 remita1513 inless?1521 attenuate1530 weaken1530 defray1532 mitigate1532 minorate1534 narrow?1548 diminuec1550 extenuate1555 amain1578 exolve1578 base1581 dejecta1586 amoinder1588 faint1598 qualify1604 contract1605 to pull down1607 shrivel1609 to take down1610 disaugment1611 impoverish1611 shrink1628 decoct1629 persway1631 unflame1635 straiten1645 depress1647 reduce1649 detract1654 minuate1657 alloy1661 lower?1662 sinka1684 retreat1690 nip1785 to drive down1840 minify1866 to knock down1867 to damp down1869 scale1887 mute1891 clip1938 to roll back1942 to cut back1943 downscale1945 downrate1958 slim1963 downshift1972 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 257 They somewhat amayned their furie [Sp. afloraron] for theyr princes sake. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). amainadv. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adverb] manifoldlyeOE thick971 a-storec1300 rifec1325 thickfolda1400 thicklyc1400 by, in heaps1523 amain1549 numerously1611 frequently1615 sight1836 multitudinously1839 like flies1934 1549 W. Baldwin Canticles of Salomon viii. lxxi. sig. n.iiv So shall all men resort to thee amayne. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. xv. 243 The Tunies..to avoid it, goe alwaies amaine in whole flotes, toward the cape. 1663 J. Heath Flagellum 17 New England, a receptacle of the Puritan who flocked thither amain. 1753 A. Strahan tr. Virgil First Six Bks. Æneid ii. 51 The Trojan Youth on all sides croud amain. 1838 C. C. Beaumont Campbell xviii. 71 Strange thoughts came crowding back amain. 1919 R. S. Rose & L. Bacon tr. Lay of Cid 43 Crowds thronged to him amain. b. With all one's might; forcefully; violently; vehemently. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb] > with violence or force > with full or main force or violence shireOE amain1550 1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes lxii. sig. Bvi Gogs soule (sware he) and flang awaie amayne, I will neuer talke with that womon agayne. 1569 H. Heywood Foure P (new ed.) sig. D.iiv God saue the Deuil, quoth I, amain. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. R5 Two dayes after it rained..amaine. 1743 J. Wesley Jrnl. 17 Mar. in Extract (1749) 93 The colliers..began shouting amain. 1829 T. Hood Dream Eugene Aram in Gem 1 113 But when I touch'd the lifeless clay, The blood gush'd out amain! 1893 L. I. Guiney tr. Dante Divine Comedy 13 The gloomy region shook amain! 1942 H. G. Bryden Wings x. 276 She quivers and rocks as she strains at the chocks And clamours amain to soar. 1998 P. O'Brian Hundred Days x. 271 All hands cheered amain. 2. a. At full speed. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > at full speed full speed1382 with topsailc1400 at spursa1500 on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur1525 amain1555 a main pace (also speed)1567 full tilt?a1600 upon full stretch1697 at full tilt1713 at (also on) full speed1749 (at) full split1836 full chisel1837 (at) full pelt1841 full swing1843 ventre à terre1848 full out1886 at full lick1889 hell-for-leather1889 all out1895 eyes out1895 flat out1932 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. v. f. 114v The barbarians beynge sore discomfited and shaken with feare,..tourned their backes and fledde amayne [L. rapuere fugam Barbari]. 1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. F.iii He ronnes amayne, to gase on Beauties cheare. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 255/2 in Chron. I Then without respect of shame they fledde amayne. 1636 P. Heylyn Hist. Sabbath i. iii. 54 Laban..pursued after him amayn. 1640 W. Prynne Lord Bishops ix. sig. Iiiijv The Tower of Babel went up a maine, till God confounded their worke. 1923 H. Belloc Sonnets & Verse 111 A score of stout fellows who..Hoofed it amain, Rain or no rain. 2000 tr. Vīrakavirāyar in K. Ayyappa Paniker Medieval Indian Lit. IV. 684 She ran amain, her heart totally thawed. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > immediately or directly immediately1412 directly1526 amain1560 immediate1601 directedlya1641 proximately1668 proximally1897 1560 W. Baldwin Funeralles Edward VI sig. B4 The King cam to him selfe agayne, And seing death, he turnd away amayne. 1589 M. Philips in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 572 The gentlemen came and repaired to the garden amaine. 1794 J. Byng Diary 24 May in Torrington Diaries (1938) IV. 34 The ladies fled amain and would only view us from the windows! 1821 J. Baillie Columbus in Metrical Legends xxvi. 11 Housewives left amain Their broken tasks. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly swithlyc888 micklelyeOE swith971 hardOE un-i-fohOE sevenfoldlOE unmeet?c1225 innerlyc1330 horribly1340 too1340 sore1474 horriblec1475 vehemently1483 outrageous1487 done?a1513 exquisite1529 strangely1532 exceeding1535 exceedingly1535 angardlyc1540 angerlyc1540 choicec1540 vengeable1542 vengeably?1550 extremelya1554 monstrous1569 thrice1579 amain1587 extremea1591 damnably1598 fellc1600 tyrannically1602 exquisitely1603 damnedly1607 preciously1607 damnablea1616 impensively1620 excellingly1621 main1632 fearful1634 vengeancelya1640 upsy1650 impensely1657 twadding1657 vastly1664 hideous1667 mainly1670 consumed1707 consumedly1707 outrageously1749 damned1757 nation1771 shockingly1777 deuced1779 darn1789 darned1807 felly1807 varsal1814 awful1816 awfy1816 frightfully1816 deucedly1819 dogged1819 awfully1820 gallowsa1823 shocking1831 tremendously1832 everlasting1833 terribly1833 fearfully1835 ripping1838 poison1840 thundering1853 frighteninglyc1854 raring1854 hell's own1863 goldarned1866 goddamned1870 doggone1871 acutely1872 whooping1874 stupidly1878 everlastingly1879 hideously1882 densely1883 storming1883 good and1885 thunderingly1885 crazy1887 tremendous1887 madly1888 goldarn1892 howling1895 murderously1916 rasted1919 goddam1921 bitchingly1923 Christly1923 bitching1929 falling-down1930 lousy1932 appallingly1937 stratospherically1941 Christ almighty1945 effing1945 focking1956 dagnab1961 drop-dead1980 hella1987 totes2006 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 165v Who so doth runne a race, shall surely sweate amaine. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xi. 676 Too much drines doth disaduantage the husband man a maine. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 430 They whom I favour thrive in wealth amain . View more context for this quotation 1756 E. Perronet Mitre iii. cxli. 169 He sins amain—what next the tone? Why—safe his end—or else he's gone A non-elected soul! 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 93 The maiden's chamber..Where Porphyro took covert, pleas'd amain. 1880 Harper's Monthly July 220/1 For an hour or two they battled, And the Alcayde gained amain. 1929 M. Summers Vampire in Europe 224 A cloaca in which foulness of this kind collects and reeks amain. Phrases† amain gallop: at full gallop. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. ix. f. 202 Streightwaies the horsemen returned amayne gallop [L. celeriter et equites ingenti cursu refugere]. 1604 W. Traheron tr. P. Mexia Hist. Rom. Emperors 432 His people began to retire a maine gallop. 1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good sig. B4v K. Beare witnes all, what pace the Chariot wheeles Of our new guided Soueraigntie shall run. Rus.A mayne gallop I hope. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1540adv.1549 |
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