amain Meaning, Definition & Usage

  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

WordNet

A*main" adverb
Etymology
Pref. a- + main. See 2d Main, n.
Definitions
  1. With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly.
    They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain. Milton.
    That striping giant, ill-bred and scoffing, shouts amain. T. Parker.
  2. At full speed; in great haste; also, at once. "They fled amain." Holinshed.
A*main" transitive verb
Etymology
F. amener. See Amenable.
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.
A*main" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.

Webster 1913