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Remain :: Remain (v. i.) To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

Staynil :: Staymaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make stays.

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

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

Transient :: Transient (a.) Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders..

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..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.

Haunt :: Haunt (v. i.) To persist in staying or visiting.

Corset :: Corset (n.) An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.

Visit :: Visit (v. t.) The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician..

Reposit :: Reposit (v. t.) To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store..

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

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.

Triatic :: Triatic (a.) A term used in the phrase triatic stay. See under Stay.

Upstay :: Upstay (v. t.) To sustain; to support.

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

Bodice :: Bodice (n.) A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays..

Avast :: Avast (a.) Cease; stop; stay.

Stayed :: Stay (n.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them..

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

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