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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..

Stool :: Stool (n.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays..

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

Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders..

Backstay :: Backstay (n.) A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.

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

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.

Persistency :: Persistency (n.) The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy..

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

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..

Gobline :: Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.

Attend :: Attend (v. i.) To wait; to stay; to delay.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.

Wait :: Wait (v. i.) To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To dwell; to tarry; to linger.

Optional :: Optional (a.) Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay..

Stay :: Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.

Hoist :: Hoist (n.) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To continue in a state.

Stick :: Stick (v. i.) To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed.

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