Definition of stay

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

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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..
Aiglet :: Aiglet (n.) A round white staylace.
Visit :: Visit (v. t.) The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician..
Subventaneous :: Subvene (v. i.) To come under, as a support or stay; to happen..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To cause to cease; to put an end to.
Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.
Outstay :: Outstay (v. t.) To stay beyond or longer than.
Lag :: Lag (v. i.) To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter.
Gang :: Gang (v. i.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays..
Stay :: Staw (v. i.) To be fixed or set; to stay.
Overstaying :: Overstaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oversta.
Tarry :: Tarry (n.) Stay; stop; delay.
Desert :: Desert (v. t.) To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country..
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..
Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve..
Stayedness :: Stayedly (adv.) Staidly. See Staidly.
Haunt :: Haunt (v. i.) To persist in staying or visiting.
Stay :: Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.
Staynil :: Staymaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make stays.
After-sails :: After-sails (n.) The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast..
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