Amain

Webster's Dictionary

(1): (n.) With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly.

(2): (n.) At full speed; in great haste; also, at once.

(3): (v. t.) To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.

(4): (v. i.) To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a - mān ´ (translated from the Greek εἰς φυγὴν ὥρμησαν , eis phugḗn hō̇rmēsan , "they rushed to flight"): The word is composed of the prefix "a" and the word "main," meaning "force." The expression is used by Milton, Parker, et al., but in Biblical literature found only in 2 Macc 12:22 where used to describe the flight of Timotheus and his army after he suffered defeat at the hands of Judas Maccabee ("They fled amain," i.e. violently and suddenly).