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Stay :: Stay (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

Misstayed :: Misstayed (a.) Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.

Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Bound with stays.

Outdwell :: Outdwell (v. t.) To dwell or stay beyond.

Whisker :: Whisker (n.) Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces..

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..

Relent :: Relent (n.) Stay; stop; delay.

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.

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

Upstay :: Upstay (v. t.) To sustain; to support.

Stayed :: Stay (n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship..

Mainstay :: Mainstay (n.) Main support; principal dependence.

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.

Jump :: Jump (n.) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

Remain :: Remain (v. i.) To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

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

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

Overstaying :: Overstaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oversta.

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..

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