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Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armor. Sir W. Scott.

Protected by an external coat, or covering, of scales or plates.

A farm. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary. By the ancient law of England he that maimed any man whereby he lost any part of his body, was sentenced to lose the like part. Blackstone.

In a maimed manner.

State of being maimed. Bolton.

A hand or match at dice. Prior. Thackeray.

The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast.

The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held in the right; -- used to parry thrusts of the adversary's rapier.

A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used in carrying grapes to the press.

One of the New England States. Maine law, any law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating beverages, esp. one resembling that enacted in the State of Maine.

land, or peninsula. Dryden. After the two wayfarers had crossed from the peninsula to the mainland. Hawthorne.

Very strongly; mightily; to a great degree. [Obs.] Bacon. Shak.

The principal mast in a ship or other vessel.

A thing stolen found on the person of the thief.

Capable of being admitted to give surety by mainpernors; able to be mainprised.

A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day.

A kingbolt.

A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete. Wharton.

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