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

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

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

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

Tartan :: Tartan (n.) A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib..

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

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

Gang :: Gang (v. i.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays..

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..

Behind :: Behind (adv.) After the departure of another; as, to stay behind..

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

Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.

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

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

Relent :: Relent (n.) Stay; stop; delay.

Necklace :: Necklace (n.) A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.

Sloop :: Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See

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..

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..

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

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