Definition of stay

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

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Expect :: Expect (v. t.) To wait; to stay.
Persistency :: Persistency (n.) The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy..
Outsit :: Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay..
Abode :: Abode (n.) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
Stayer :: Stayedness (n.) Solidity; weight.
Hoist :: Hoist (n.) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.
Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
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..
Subventaneous :: Subvene (v. i.) To come under, as a support or stay; to happen..
Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve..
Overstaying :: Overstaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oversta.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
Sist :: Sist (v. t.) To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop..
Jackstay :: "Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened..
Staid :: Stail () imp. & p. p. of Stay.
Downhaul :: Downhaul (n.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul..
Stick :: Stick (v. i.) To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed.
Stay :: Staying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sta.
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