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Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.

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

Home-keeping :: Home-keeping (a.) Staying at home; not gadding.

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..

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

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

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.

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..

Whalebone :: Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen..

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

Persist :: Persist (v. i.) To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy..

Truant :: Truant (n.) One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk..

Stay :: Stay (n.) That which serves as a prop; a support.

Stay :: Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.

Subventaneous :: Subvene (v. i.) To come under, as a support or stay; to happen..

Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.

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

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

Stead :: Stayship (n.) A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them..

Tarry :: Tarry (v. i.) To stay or remain behind; to wait.

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