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

Persistent :: Persistent (a.) Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.

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

Home-keeping :: Home-keeping (a.) Staying at home; not gadding.

Throat :: Throat (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail..

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

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..

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

Commoration :: Commoration (n.) The act of staying or residing in a place.

Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.

Staid :: Stail () imp. & p. p. of Stay.

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

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind..

Stanchion :: Stanchion (n.) A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay..

Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.

Downhaul :: Downhaul (n.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul..

Outstay :: Outstay (v. t.) To stay beyond or longer than.

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..

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..

Bone :: Bone (v. t.) To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays..

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