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The Definition of the word Main-sail

Main-sail

(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).


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