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

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

Stay :: Staw (v. i.) To be fixed or set; to stay.

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

Jump :: Jump (n.) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

Continuance :: Continuance (n.) A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay..

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.

Stayedness :: Stayedness (n.) Staidness.

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

Persistent :: Persistent (a.) Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.

Jib :: "Jib (v. i.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc..

Outsit :: Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay..

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

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

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

Overstay :: Overstay (v. t.) To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time..

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

Whisker :: Whisker (n.) Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc..

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

Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc..

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