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Mainstay :: Mainstay (n.) Main support; principal dependence.

Staylace :: Stayer (n.) One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, an a race..

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

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To change tack; as a ship.

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

Whisker :: Whisker (n.) Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc..

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

Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.

Stop :: Stop (v. i.) To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend..

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

Stanchion :: Stanchion (n.) A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay..

Stayed :: Stay (n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship..

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

Behind :: Behind (adv.) After the departure of another; as, to stay behind..

Tarry :: Tarry (v. t.) To wait for; to stay or stop for.

Post :: Post (n.) A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house..

Sist :: Sist (n.) A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings.

Stayer :: Stayedness (n.) Solidity; weight.

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

Stayedness :: Stayedly (adv.) Staidly. See Staidly.

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