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Behind :: Behind (adv.) After the departure of another; as, to stay behind..

Relent :: Relent (n.) Stay; stop; delay.

Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To change tack; as a ship.

Stayedness :: Stayedness (n.) Staidness.

Stay :: Stay (n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men..

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.

Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..

Triatic :: Triatic (a.) A term used in the phrase triatic stay. See under Stay.

Reposit :: Reposit (v. t.) To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store..

Outstay :: Outstay (v. t.) To stay beyond or longer than.

Overstayed :: Overstayed (imp. & p. p.) of Oversta.

Tarry :: Tarry (v. t.) To wait for; to stay or stop for.

Stay :: Stay (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well..

Gammoning :: Gammoning (n.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.

Stayed :: Stay (n.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them..

Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To continue in a state.

Persistency :: Persistency (n.) The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy..

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