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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.

Tarry :: Tarry (v. i.) To stay or remain behind; to wait.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To dwell; to tarry; to linger.

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

Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To linger; to stay; to tarry.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.

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..

Stanchion :: Stanchion (n.) A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay..

Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor..

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

Stake :: Stake (v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc..

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

Jump :: Jump (n.) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

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

Staid :: Stail () imp. & p. p. of Stay.

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

Abide :: Abide (v. i.) To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place..

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

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

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