Main-sail

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Mainsail (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.
Multi-Version Concordance Mainsail (1 Occurrence). Acts ...
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Main-sail
Main-sail. Mainsail, Main-sail. Mainstay . Easton's Bible Dictionary (Gr. artemon ...
40). Mainsail, Main-sail. Mainstay . Reference Bible.
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Loosed (41 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto
the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind ...
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Mainland (3 Occurrences)

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Mainstay (1 Occurrence)

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Bands (130 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto
the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind ...
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Balance (12 Occurrences)
... to balance partners. 18. (n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass;
as, to balance the boom mainsail. 19. (vi) To have ...
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Committed (201 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto
the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind ...
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Committing (30 Occurrences)
... having taken up, they were committing 'it' to the sea, at the same time -- having
loosed the bands of the rudders, and having hoisted up the mainsail to the ...
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Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Gr. artemon), answering to the modern "mizzen-sail," as some suppose. Others understand the "jib," near the prow, or the "fore-sail," as likely to be most useful in bringing a ship's head to the wind in the circumstances described (Acts 27:40).

Greek

736. artemon -- something hung up or fastened, ie a foresail
... Word Origin from artao (to fasten to) Definition something hung up or fastened,
ie a foresail NASB Word Usage foresail (1). mainsail. ...
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Library

A Total Wreck, all Hands Saved
... unto the sea, and loosed the rudder-bands, and noised up the main-sail to the ... The
foresail (not 'mainsail,' as the Authorised Version has it) is set to help to ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/a total wreck all hands.htm

Voyage to China
... I went over and asked him to let down the clews or corners of the mainsail, which
had been drawn up in order to lessen the useless flapping of the sail against ...
//christianbookshelf.org/taylor/a retrospect/chapter viii voyage to china.htm

The Deepest Need of the Church Today is not for any Material or ...
... I went over and asked him to let down the clews or corners of the mainsail, which
had been drawn up in order to lessen the useless flapping of the sail against ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bounds/purpose in prayer/chapter xi the deepest need.htm

Memorable Atlantic Storms
... In the midst of the psalm wherewith their service began, the sea broke over, split
the mainsail in pieces, covered the ship, and poured in between the decks ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/memorable atlantic storms.htm

Moravians and Methodists, 1735-1742.
... One Sunday the gale was terrific. The sea poured in between the decks. The main
sail was torn to tatters. The English passengers screamed with terror. ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter ix moravians and methodists.htm

The Voyage and Shipwreck
... And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea,
and loosed the rudder bands, and hoisted up the mainsail to the wind, and made ...
/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 42 the voyage and.htm

Acts xxvi. 30-32
... And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea,
and loosed the rudder bands, and hoisted up the mainsail to the wind, and made ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily liii acts xxvi 30-32.htm

When Diamond Went Home to Breakfast, He Found his Father and ...
... and the loud trampling of the men over his head, as they hauled at the main sheet
to get the boom on board that they might take in a reef in the mainsail. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 9 when diamond went.htm

Later English Reformers.
... In the midst of the psalm wherewith their service began, the sea broke over, split
the mainsail in pieces, covered the ship, and poured in between the decks as ...
/.../the great controversy between christ and satan /14 later english reformers.htm

Later English Reformers
... In the midst of the psalm wherewith their service began, the sea broke over, split
the mainsail in pieces, covered the ship, and poured in between the decks as ...
/.../white/the great controversy/chapter 14 later english reformers.htm

Subtopics

Main-sail

Related Terms

Main-sail

Loosed (41 Occurrences)

Mainland (3 Occurrences)

Mainstay (1 Occurrence)

Bands (130 Occurrences)

Balance (12 Occurrences)

Committed (201 Occurrences)

Committing (30 Occurrences)

Shore (45 Occurrences)