subs. (gaming).—The averages of the number to be thrown at dice; at (cock-fighting) the advantage on a series of battles.—BEE (1823).
TO TURN ON THE MAIN, verb. phr. (common).—To weep. For synonyms, see NAP A BIB.
1853. REV. E. BRADLEY (‘Cuthbert Bede’), The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman, Part 3, p. 90. The Mum cut up doosid this last time; you ’ve no idea how she TURNED ON THE MAIN and did the briny!
