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

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

Backstay :: Backstay (n.) A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.

Whisker :: Whisker (n.) Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc..

Avast :: Avast (a.) Cease; stop; stay.

Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident..

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

Tarry :: Tarry (v. i.) To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.

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

Post :: Post (n.) A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house..

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..

Desert :: Desert (v. t.) To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country..

Misstayed :: Misstayed (a.) Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.

Bone :: Bone (v. t.) To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays..

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

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.

Await :: Await (v. i.) To wait; to stay in waiting.

Mainstay :: Mainstay (n.) Main support; principal dependence.

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..

Derrick :: Derrick (n.) A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building..

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