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Outsit :: Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay..

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

Visit :: Visit (v. t.) The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician..

Stay :: Stay (n.) Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city..

Go :: Go (v. i.) To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come..

Staid :: Stayed (imp. & p. p.) of Sta.

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

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

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

Forereach :: Forereach (v. i.) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays..

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

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..

Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.

Sist :: Sist (n.) A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings.

Stool :: Stool (n.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays..

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

Hank :: Hank (n.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay..

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

Staynil :: Staymaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make stays.

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..

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