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s | amain |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adverb amain is

(archaic) with full force; forcefully, violently.

As a verb amain is

(nautical) to lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    amain

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (archaic) With full force; forcefully, violently.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.6:
  • *:So likewise turnde the Prince upon the Knight, / And layd at him amaine with all his will and might.
  • * Milton
    • They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain .
  • * 1793, , line 87
    • They spurred amain , their steeds were white:
  • (archaic) At full speed; in great haste.
  • * Holinshed
    • They fled amain .
  • * , Chimes , VII, lines 5-6
    • ''The heavy rain it hurries amain
    ''And heaven and the hurricane.
  • Out of control.
  • * 1790 , Felling/Heworth, Errington :
    • two waggons coming after me amain [...]

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) amener.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.

    • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Jèrriais==

    Adjective

    (roa-jer-adj)
  • of easy use