† main sean.

Forms: see main adj.² and sea n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: main adj.², sea n.

Etymology: < main adj.² + sea n. Compare Old Icelandic meginsjór (see note s.v. main adj.²).

Obsolete (archaic and poetic in later use).

The high sea; = main n.¹ 5a. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > ocean, open sea, or deep sea

room seaeOE

seawaya1000

the deepc1000

deptha1382

oceana1387

mid-sea?a1425

profound?a1425

main seaa1530

high seas1566

main1579

main flood1596

the deep1598

deep sea1626

dipsey1626

mid-ocean1697

blue water1803

haaf1809

salt chuck1868

wide1916

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxi^v No more..than a particular ryuer, is to be compared to y^e mayne see.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 236 The maine Seas of sinne and iniquitie, wherein the worlde..was almost whole [sic] drenched.

1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 13^v At change or at full, come it late, or else soone, maine sea is at highest, at midnight and noone.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 212 In the maine Sea, greater Dolphins, and in greater number, did play about our ship.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Ocean, the vniuersall maine Sea.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 27 The Pelagiæ, or those kinds of Shells which naturally have their abode at main-sea, and which therefore are now never flung up upon the Shores.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 12. ⁋22 The starving Wolves along the main Sea prowl.

1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xvii. 186 Huge as a Ship that travels the main sea Is that capacious brass.

1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 1699 Who shall meet The wind's whole soul and might of the main sea Full in the face of battle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	main sea
释义	† main sean. Forms: see main adj.² and sea n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: main adj.², sea n. Etymology: < main adj.² + sea n. Compare Old Icelandic meginsjór (see note s.v. main adj.²). Obsolete (archaic and poetic in later use). The high sea; = main n.¹ 5a. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > ocean, open sea, or deep sea room seaeOE seawaya1000 the deepc1000 deptha1382 oceana1387 mid-sea?a1425 profound?a1425 main seaa1530 high seas1566 main1579 main flood1596 the deep1598 deep sea1626 dipsey1626 mid-ocean1697 blue water1803 haaf1809 salt chuck1868 wide1916 a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxi^v No more..than a particular ryuer, is to be compared to y^e mayne see. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 236 The maine Seas of sinne and iniquitie, wherein the worlde..was almost whole [sic] drenched. 1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 13^v At change or at full, come it late, or else soone, maine sea is at highest, at midnight and noone. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 212 In the maine Sea, greater Dolphins, and in greater number, did play about our ship. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Ocean, the vniuersall maine Sea. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 27 The Pelagiæ, or those kinds of Shells which naturally have their abode at main-sea, and which therefore are now never flung up upon the Shores. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 12. ⁋22 The starving Wolves along the main Sea prowl. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xvii. 186 Huge as a Ship that travels the main sea Is that capacious brass. 1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 1699 Who shall meet The wind's whole soul and might of the main sea Full in the face of battle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.a1530
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