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Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor..

Horse :: Horse (a.) A jackstay.

Gang :: Gang (v. i.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays..

Staymaker :: Stayless (a.) Without stop or delay.

Stayedly :: Stayed (a.) Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid.

Desert :: Desert (v. t.) To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country..

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

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

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

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.

Jackstay :: "Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened..

Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve..

Forereach :: Forereach (v. i.) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays..

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.

Tarry :: Tarry (v. i.) To stay or remain behind; to wait.

Suspend :: Suspend (n.) To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.

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

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To cause to cease; to put an end to.

Astay :: Astay (adv.) An anchor is said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water..

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