midmain

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noun

The middle part of the sea.

Scrabble 12

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nounmidmain (uncountable)
  1. archaicpoeticuncountableThe middle part of the sea.

    The shore his harbour , but the mid-main swum.

    c. 1610s, Homer (attributed), translated by George Chapman, The Crowne of all Homers Workes: Batrachomyomachia, or the Battaile of Frogs and Mise […], published 1624

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“midmain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midmain. Accessed November 2, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “midmain,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midmain.

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