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Tarry :: Tarry (n.) Stay; stop; delay.

Outsit :: Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay..

Overstay :: Overstay (v. t.) To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time..

Gang :: Gang (v. i.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays..

Overstaying :: Overstaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oversta.

Dead-eye :: Dead-eye (n.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye..

Stay :: Stay (n.) Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To cause to cease; to put an end to.

Tarry :: Tarry (v. i.) To stay or remain behind; to wait.

Suspend :: Suspend (n.) To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.

Await :: Await (v. t.) To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.

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..

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

Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders..

Stick :: Stick (v. i.) To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.

Home-keeping :: Home-keeping (n.) A staying at home.

Commoration :: Commoration (n.) The act of staying or residing in a place.

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..

Abide :: Abide (v. i.) To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place..

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