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Parceling :: Parceling (n.) Long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used, also, in mousing on the stayes, etc..

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

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

Staynil :: Staymaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make stays.

Jump :: Jump (n.) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

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

Pillar :: Pillar (n.) Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state..

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

Prop :: Prop (v.) That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a building..

Dead-eye :: Dead-eye (n.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye..

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..

Stanchion :: Stanchion (n.) A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay..

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

Outstand :: Outstand (v. t.) To stay beyond.

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..

Backstay :: Backstay (n.) A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.

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..

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

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

Staid :: Stail () imp. & p. p. of Stay.

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