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Jackstay :: "Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened..

Staymaker :: Stayless (a.) Without stop or delay.

Foresail :: Foresail (n.) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces..

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..

Wait :: Wait (v. i.) To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.

Stay :: Stay (n.) Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city..

Throat :: Throat (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail..

Staid :: Stayed (imp. & p. p.) of Sta.

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

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

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..

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..

Astay :: Astay (adv.) An anchor is said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water..

Hank :: Hank (n.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.

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

Aiglet :: Aiglet (n.) A round white staylace.

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

Attend :: Attend (v. i.) To wait; to stay; to delay.

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