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Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.

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

Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.

Whalebone :: Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen..

Stayed :: Stay (n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship..

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

Misstayed :: Misstayed (a.) Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.

Leave :: Leave (v.) To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed..

Commoration :: Commoration (n.) The act of staying or residing in a place.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.

Foresail :: Foresail (n.) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast..

Corset :: Corset (n.) An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.

Stay :: Stay (n.) Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.

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..

Backstay :: Backstay (n.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast..

Visit :: Visit (v. t.) The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician..

Stay :: Staw (v. i.) To be fixed or set; to stay.

Stay :: Stay (n.) That which serves as a prop; a support.

Collar :: Collar (n.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured..

Haunt :: Haunt (v. i.) To persist in staying or visiting.

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