MAIN

main. Main, a. chief, principal, important, vast, wide

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Main (?), n. [[F. main hand, L. manus. See Manual.]] 1. 1. A hand or match at dice. Prior. Thackeray.
2. 2. A stake played for at dice. Shak.
3. 3. The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.
4. 4. A match at cockfighting. “My lord would ride twenty miles . . . to see a main fought.” Thackeray.
5. 5. A main-hamper. Ainsworth.