See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

MAIN (from the See also:

• ARYAN

Aryan See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root which appears in " may " and " might," and See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• MAGNUS, HEINRICH GUSTAV (1802-1870)

magnus, See also:

• GREAT

great)  , a word meaning properly See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power or strength, especially See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical . This use chiefly survives in the expression " with might and See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main." The word is more See also:

• COMMON

common as a substantival elliptical use of the See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective, which usually has the sense of See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal or See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief in See also:

• SIZE

size, strength, importance, &c . Thus " the main," the high open See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, is for " main sea," cf . " mainland," the principal See also:

• PART

part of a territory excluding islands and sometimes far-projecting peninsulas . The expression " the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish main " properly meant that part of the main See also:

• LAND

land of the N.E. See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America stretching from the See also:

• ORINOCO

Orinoco to the See also:

• ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

Isthmus of See also:

• PANAMA

Panama, and the former Spanish possessions in Central America bordering on the Caribbean Sea, but it is often loosely used, especially in connexion with the See also:

• BUCCANEERS

buccaneers, of the Caribbean Sea itself . The See also:

• TERM

term " main " is also thus used of a principal See also:

• PIPE

pipe or See also:

• CABLE (from Late Lat. capulum, a halter, from capere, to take hold of)
• CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1844– )

cable for conducting See also:

• GAS

gas, See also:

• WATER

water, See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity, &c . The elliptical use does not appear, however, in such expressions as main road, See also:

• LINE

line, stream . Another use of the word " main " has a somewhat obscure See also:

• HISTORY

history . It appears as a term in the See also:

• GAME

game of See also:

• HAZARD (0. Fr. hazard, from Span. czar, unlucky throw at dice, misfortune, from Arab. al, and zar, dice)

hazard, and also in See also:

• COCK, EDWARD (1805-1892)

cock-fighting . In the last it is used for a match, and for'the cocks engaged in a match . In hazard it is the number called by the " caster " before the See also:

• DICE (plural of die, O. Fr. de, derived from Lat. dare, to give)

dice are thrown; this may be any number from five to nine inclusive . The usual derivation is from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French main, a See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, but according to the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary there is no See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence for this, and the more probable explanation is that it is an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of " main " meaning principal or chief .

From this use of the word in hazard the expression " main See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance " is derived . " Main," a shortened See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of domain or See also:

• DEMESNE (DEMESNE, DEMAIN, DOMAIN, &c.)

demesne, only now survives in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, usually in the plural " mains " for a See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home See also:

• FARM

farm .