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

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To change tack; as a ship.

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

Remain :: Remain (v. i.) To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last..

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

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To continue in a state.

Dead-eye :: Dead-eye (n.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed..

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

Hank :: Hank (n.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler..

Outdwell :: Outdwell (v. t.) To dwell or stay beyond.

Tarry :: Tarry (v. t.) To wait for; to stay or stop for.

Gammoning :: Gammoning (n.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.

Mainstay :: Mainstay (n.) The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind..

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

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.

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

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

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