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Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Bound with stays.

Hoist :: Hoist (n.) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.

Stool :: Stool (n.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays..

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

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

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

Foresail :: Foresail (n.) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.

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

After-sails :: After-sails (n.) The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast..

Stayless :: Staylace (n.) A lace for fastening stays.

Unbend :: Unbend (v. t.) To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use..

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

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..

Await :: Await (v. t.) To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.

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

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..

Mainstay :: Mainstay (n.) Main support; principal dependence.

Staymaker :: Stayless (a.) Without stop or delay.

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