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Remain :: Remain (v. i.) To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last..

Staysail :: Staynil (n.) The European starling.

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

Bee :: Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks..

Home-keeping :: Home-keeping (a.) Staying at home; not gadding.

Upstay :: Upstay (v. t.) To sustain; to support.

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.

Downhaul :: Downhaul (n.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler..

Mainstay :: Mainstay (n.) Main support; principal dependence.

Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach..

Remain :: Remain (v. i.) To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

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

Transient :: Transient (a.) Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders..

Optional :: Optional (a.) Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay..

Lag :: Lag (v. i.) To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter.

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

Forestay :: Forestay (n.) A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship..

Aiglet :: Aiglet (n.) A round white staylace.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.

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