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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).
Scripture on Main-sail
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Main-sail references
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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