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Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident..

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

Retard :: Retard (v. i.) To stay back.

Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who keeps or stays much at home.

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

Misstayed :: Misstayed (a.) Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.

Furl :: Furl (v. t.) To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten..

Lodge :: Lodge (v. i.) To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street..

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

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

Stayship :: Staysail (n.) Any sail extended on a stay.

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

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

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To dwell; to tarry; to linger.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To continue in a state.

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

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

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.

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..

Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To linger; to stay; to tarry.

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