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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

amain
    adv 1: at full speed; with great haste; "the children ran down
           the hill amain"
    2: with all your strength; "he pulled the ropes amain"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Amain \A*main"\, adv. [Pref. a- + main. See 2d Main, n.]
   1. With might; with full force; vigorously; violently;
      exceedingly.
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            They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows,
            perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down
            amain.                                --Milton.
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            That striping giant, ill-bred and scoffing, shouts
            amain.                                --T. Parker.
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   2. At full speed; in great haste; also, at once. "They fled
      amain." --Holinshed.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Amain \A*main"\, v. t. [F. amener. See Amenable.] (Naut.)
   To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

amain \a*main"\, v. i. (Naut.)
   To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.
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