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Outsit :: Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay..

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

Gang :: Gang (v. i.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays..

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..

Continuance :: Continuance (n.) A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well..

Stayedness :: Stayedly (adv.) Staidly. See Staidly.

Stay :: Stay (n.) Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city..

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

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

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

Remain :: Remain (n.) State of remaining; stay.

Wait :: Wait (v. i.) To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.

Throat :: Throat (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail..

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

Stayed :: Stay (n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship..

Overstayed :: Overstayed (imp. & p. p.) of Oversta.

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

Bee :: Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks..

Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach..

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