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Expect :: Expect (v. t.) To wait; to stay.

Home-keeping :: Home-keeping (n.) A staying at home.

Astay :: Astay (adv.) An anchor is said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water..

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.

Stayedness :: Stayedness (n.) Staidness.

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

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

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

Supersedure :: Supersedeas (n.) A writ of command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ..

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

Continue :: Continue (v. i.) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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

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

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

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

Bone :: Bone (v. t.) To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays..

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

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind..

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..

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