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Consistory :: Consistory (n.) Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council..

Sloop :: Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See

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

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

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

Downhaul :: Downhaul (n.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul..

Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.

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..

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

Stay :: Staying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sta.

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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.

Aiglet :: Aiglet (n.) A round white staylace.

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