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Stick :: Stick (v. i.) To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed.

Stay :: Stay (n.) That which serves as a prop; a support.

Upstay :: Upstay (v. t.) To sustain; to support.

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

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

Leave :: Leave (v.) To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed..

Whalebone :: Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen..

Abode :: Abode (n.) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.

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

Jackstay :: "Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened..

Home-keeping :: Home-keeping (a.) Staying at home; not gadding.

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

Home-keeping :: Home-keeping (n.) A staying at home.

Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders..

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.

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..

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

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

Outstay :: Outstay (v. t.) To stay beyond or longer than.

Pillar :: Pillar (n.) Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state..

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