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Backstay :: Backstay (n.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast..

Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..

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

Optional :: Optional (a.) Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay..

Jippo :: Jippo (n.) A waistcoat or kind of stays for women.

Stay :: Stay (n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men..

Stay :: Stay (n.) Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.

Whalebone :: Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen..

Gammoning :: Gammoning (n.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.

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

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..

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

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

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

Appui :: Appui (n.) A support or supporter; a stay; a prop.

Staid :: Stail () imp. & p. p. of Stay.

Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To linger; to stay; to tarry.

Forestay :: Forestay (n.) A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship..

Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve..

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..

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