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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Staid :: Stail () imp. & p. p. of Stay.
Home-keeping :: Home-keeping (a.) Staying at home; not gadding.
Continue :: Continue (v. i.) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
Sist :: Sist (v. t.) To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop..
Staid :: Stayed (imp. & p. p.) of Sta.
Hank :: Hank (n.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay..
Foresail :: Foresail (n.) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast..
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 fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler..
Jump :: Jump (n.) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
Subventaneous :: Subvene (v. i.) To come under, as a support or stay; to happen..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To change tack; as a ship.
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..
Jackstay :: "Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened..
Stay :: Stay (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
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..
Forereach :: Forereach (v. i.) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed..
Overstaying :: Overstaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oversta.
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