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(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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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Main-Sail'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​m/main-sail.html. 1897.
 
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