Definition of main

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Main (v.) The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.

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Standing :: Standing (n.) Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing..
Survivance :: Survival (n.) Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known..
Paleontographical :: Paleontographical (a.) Of or pertaining to the description of fossil remains.
Main :: Main (v.) The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.
Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be.
Baisemains :: Baisemains (n. pl.) Respects; compliments.
Mammaliferous :: Mammaliferous (a.) Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain strata.
Outlier :: Outlier (n.) A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or beyond, the main body, from which it has been separated by denudation..
Curb :: Curb (n.) An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome..
Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin..
Megalosaurus :: Megalosaurus (n.) A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have been found in England and elsewhere..
Ultramontane :: Ultramontane (n.) One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy. See Ultramontanism.
Leger :: Leger (a.) Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident; as, leger ambassador..
Labial :: Labial (a.) Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w..
Wing :: Wing (n.) The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work..
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.
Wale :: Wale (n.) Certain sets or strakes of the outside planking of a vessel; as, the main wales, or the strakes of planking under the port sills of the gun deck; channel wales, or those along the spar deck, etc..
Live :: Live (v. i.) To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils..
Countercurrent :: Countercurrent (n.) A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.
Vindicator :: Vindicator (n.) One who vindicates; one who justifies or maintains.
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