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[Scot. See
Manse.] The farm attached to a mansion house.
[Scot.]

Main"sail` (mān"sāl`), n.
(Naut.) The principal sail in a ship or other
vessel.

[They] hoised up the mainsail to the
wind.

Acts xxvii. 40.

&fist; The mainsail of a ship is extended upon a yard
attached to the mainmast, and that of a sloop or schooner upon the
boom.

Main"sheet` (?), n. (Naut.)
One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and
trimmed.

Main"spring` (?), n. The principal
or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the
moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which
impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the
efficient cause of action.

Main"stay` (?), n. 1.
(Naut.) The stay extending from the foot of the foremast
to the maintop.

2. Main support; principal
dependence.

The great mainstay of the Church.

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