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

Appui :: Appui (n.) A support or supporter; a stay; a prop.

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

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

Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..

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

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

Corset :: Corset (n.) An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.

Attend :: Attend (v. i.) To wait; to stay; to delay.

Stay :: Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.

Furl :: Furl (v. t.) To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten..

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

Stay :: Stay (n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men..

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..

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

Gobline :: Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.

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

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

Staysail :: Staynil (n.) The European starling.

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