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is the incorrect rendering in the passages Isa_33:23; Eze_27:7, of the Hebrew ðֵñ , nes, usually a standard or flag-staff, and in the passages in question a flag of a ship. In Act_27:17 it stands vaguely for óêåῦïò (a vessel or implement of any kind), which there designates the tackling, or sailing apparatus in general of a ship. SEE MAINSAIL.