Definition of stay

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

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Sist :: Sist (n.) A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings.
Upstay :: Upstay (v. t.) To sustain; to support.
Forestay :: Forestay (n.) A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship..
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 (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
Stay :: Staying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sta.
Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
Continuance :: Continuance (n.) A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To change tack; as a ship.
Stop :: Stop (v. i.) To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend..
Appui :: Appui (n.) A support or supporter; a stay; a prop.
Stayless :: Staylace (n.) A lace for fastening stays.
Stay :: Staw (v. i.) To be fixed or set; to stay.
Leave :: Leave (v.) To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
Await :: Await (v. i.) To wait; to stay in waiting.
Behind :: Behind (adv.) After the departure of another; as, to stay behind..
Staynil :: Staymaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make stays.
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor..
Parceling :: Parceling (n.) Long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used, also, in mousing on the stayes, etc..
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