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

Corset :: Corset (n.) An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.

Tarry :: Tarry (v. t.) To wait for; to stay or stop for.

Subventaneous :: Subvene (v. i.) To come under, as a support or stay; to happen..

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

Expect :: Expect (v. t.) To wait; to stay.

Await :: Await (v. i.) To wait; to stay in waiting.

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

Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc..

Whalebone :: Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen..

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

Sist :: Sist (v. t.) To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop..

Post :: Post (n.) A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house..

Forereach :: Forereach (v. i.) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays..

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

Bee :: Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks..

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

Remain :: Remain (v. i.) To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last..

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

Forestay :: Forestay (n.) A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship..

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