Definition of stay

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

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Leave :: Leave (v.) To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed..
Gobline :: Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.
Overstaying :: Overstaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oversta.
Transient :: Transient (a.) Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders..
Truant :: Truant (n.) One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk..
Stick :: Stick (v. i.) To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To change tack; as a ship.
Outstand :: Outstand (v. t.) To stay beyond.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
Staylace :: Stayer (n.) One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, an a race..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind..
Subventaneous :: Subvene (v. i.) To come under, as a support or stay; to happen..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.
Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To linger; to stay; to tarry.
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..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler..
Stayer :: Stayedness (n.) Solidity; weight.
Collar :: Collar (n.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured..
Abode :: Abode (n.) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
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..
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