Definition of stay

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Stay (v. i.) To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.

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Await :: Await (v. t.) To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.
Transient :: Transient (a.) Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders..
Tarry :: Tarry (v. t.) To wait for; to stay or stop for.
Stake :: Stake (v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces..
Abode :: Abode (n.) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
Continuance :: Continuance (n.) A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.
Retard :: Retard (v. i.) To stay back.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
Remain :: Remain (v. i.) To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last..
Stay :: Staw (v. i.) To be fixed or set; to stay.
Staylace :: Stayer (n.) One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, an a race..
Stayedly :: Stayed (a.) Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid.
Hank :: Hank (n.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay..
Martingal :: Martingal (n.) A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself..
Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.
Sloop :: Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See
Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders..
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