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

Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who keeps or stays much at home.

Suspend :: Suspend (n.) To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.

Stead :: Stayship (n.) A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them..

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..

Tarry :: Tarry (v. t.) To wait for; to stay or stop for.

Outstay :: Outstay (v. t.) To stay beyond or longer than.

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

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..

Persistency :: Persistency (n.) The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy..

Stay :: Stay (n.) That which serves as a prop; a support.

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

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

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..

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

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.

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.

Supersede :: Supersede (v. t.) To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay..

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

Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.

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