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Bee :: Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks..

Pillar :: Pillar (n.) Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state..

Forereach :: Forereach (v. i.) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays..

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

Jippo :: Jippo (n.) A waistcoat or kind of stays for women.

Stay :: Staw (v. i.) To be fixed or set; to stay.

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..

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

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.

Stay :: Stay (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Bound with stays.

Stay :: Staying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sta.

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

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler..

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

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..

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

Abode :: Abode (n.) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.

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

Optional :: Optional (a.) Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay..

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