Definition of stay

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Stay (v. i.) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.

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Tartan :: Tartan (n.) A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.
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 :: Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
Outsit :: Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay..
Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To linger; to stay; to tarry.
Supersede :: Supersede (v. t.) To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay..
Consistory :: Consistory (n.) Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council..
Throat :: Throat (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail..
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.
Stayedness :: Stayedness (n.) Staidness.
Upstay :: Upstay (v. t.) To sustain; to support.
Hoist :: Hoist (n.) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.
Stay :: Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.
Await :: Await (v. t.) To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.
Aiglet :: Aiglet (n.) A round white staylace.
Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc..
Remain :: Remain (n.) State of remaining; stay.
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