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

Necklace :: Necklace (n.) A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.

Stayship :: Staysail (n.) Any sail extended on a stay.

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

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

Overstayed :: Overstayed (imp. & p. p.) of Oversta.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.

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

Outside :: Outside (adv.) or prep. On or to the outside (of); without; on the exterior; as, to ride outside the coach; he stayed outside..

Stayedly :: Stayed (a.) Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid.

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

Backstay :: Backstay (n.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast..

Jippo :: Jippo (n.) A waistcoat or kind of stays for women.

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

Collar :: Collar (n.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.

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

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..

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

Continuance :: Continuance (n.) A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay..

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