Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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†MAIN'S MORE, n. Abundance, ever so much. Only in Galt.Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie xvii., xcvi.:
That fool antic mobs of latherons and merry-andrews, devouring the mains more here the ither night wi' their gallanting. . . . Some thought it wasna come to pass that ye would ever consent to let Miss Mary tak him, though he had the main's more.
