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Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident..

Continue :: Continue (v. i.) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

Furl :: Furl (v. t.) To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten..

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.

Gammoning :: Gammoning (n.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.

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.

Remain :: Remain (n.) State of remaining; stay.

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..

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..

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

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

Abide :: Abide (v. i.) To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place..

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

Attend :: Attend (v. i.) To wait; to stay; to delay.

Supersedure :: Supersedeas (n.) A writ of command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ..

After-sails :: After-sails (n.) The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast..

Stayer :: Stayedness (n.) Solidity; weight.

Stayship :: Staysail (n.) Any sail extended on a stay.

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

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

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