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Unbend :: Unbend (v. t.) To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use..

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..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To cause to cease; to put an end to.

Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Bound with stays.

Gobline :: Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed..

Dead-eye :: Dead-eye (n.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye..

Outstand :: Outstand (v. t.) To stay beyond.

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

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

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

Upstay :: Upstay (v. t.) To sustain; to support.

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

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

Lodge :: Lodge (v. i.) To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street..

Astay :: Astay (adv.) An anchor is said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water..

Expect :: Expect (v. t.) To wait; to stay.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.

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

Supersedure :: Supersedeas (n.) A writ of command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ..

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