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Strut :: Strut (n.) Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie..

Tarry :: Tarry (v. i.) To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.

Stayed :: Stay (n.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.

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..

Home-keeping :: Home-keeping (n.) A staying at home.

Stayedness :: Stayedly (adv.) Staidly. See Staidly.

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

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

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..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.

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

Unbend :: Unbend (v. t.) To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use..

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..

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

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

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.

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..

Abode :: Abode (n.) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.

Persist :: Persist (v. i.) To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy..

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