Definition of stay

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Stay (v. i.) To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.

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Aiglet :: Aiglet (n.) A round white staylace.
Tarry :: Tarry (v. i.) To stay or remain behind; to wait.
Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident..
Stayedness :: Stayedly (adv.) Staidly. See Staidly.
Furl :: Furl (v. t.) To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten..
Stake :: Stake (v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc..
Reposit :: Reposit (v. t.) To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store..
Overstay :: Overstay (v. t.) To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time..
Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
Haunt :: Haunt (v. i.) To persist in staying or visiting.
Lag :: Lag (v. i.) To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter.
Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.
Misstayed :: Misstayed (a.) Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.
Bodice :: Bodice (n.) A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
Staynil :: Staymaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make stays.
Go :: Go (v. i.) To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come..
Supersedure :: Supersedeas (n.) A writ of command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ..
Tarry :: Tarry (v. i.) To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
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..
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