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Definition of Amain
1. Adverb. At full speed; with great haste. "The children ran down the hill amain"
2. Adverb. With all your strength. "He pulled the ropes amain"
Definition of Amain
1. adv. With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly.
2. v. t. To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.
3. v. i. To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.
Definition of Amain
1. Adverb. In a forceful manner. ¹
2. Adverb. At full speed; in great haste. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amain
1. with full strength [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amain
Literary usage of Amain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"XXXI Beneath an oak, mossed o'er by eld, The Baron's dwarf his courser held, Wat
of Harden came thither amain, And thither came John of Thirlestane, ..."
2. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"... but spurred amain, And, dashing through the battle-plain, His way to Surrey took.
Welcome to danger's hour !— Short greeting serves in time of strife. ..."
3. Italy: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm, Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1903)
"A mountain-road is being made from Angri to amain. — The district gradually
becomes more mountainous, and the scenery is picturesque the whole way. ..."
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