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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..

Stayer :: Stayedness (n.) Solidity; weight.

Jib :: "Jib (v. i.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc..

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

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

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..

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

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

Overstaying :: Overstaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oversta.

Remain :: Remain (v. i.) To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last..

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

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

Martingal :: Martingal (n.) A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself..

Tarry :: Tarry (n.) Stay; stop; delay.

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

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..

Subventaneous :: Subvene (v. i.) To come under, as a support or stay; to happen..

Collar :: Collar (n.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured..

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

Truant :: Truant (n.) One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk..

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