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

Lag :: Lag (v. i.) To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter.

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

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

Stayed :: Stay (n.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them..

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

Reposit :: Reposit (v. t.) To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store..

Home-keeping :: Home-keeping (n.) A staying at home.

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

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

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..

Staymaker :: Stayless (a.) Without stop or delay.

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

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

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

Commoration :: Commoration (n.) The act of staying or residing in a place.

Home-keeping :: Home-keeping (a.) Staying at home; not gadding.

Foresail :: Foresail (n.) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast..

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

Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident..

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