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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..

Strut :: Strut (n.) Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie..

Jackstay :: "Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened..

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

Staylace :: Stayer (n.) One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, an a race..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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..

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.

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

Hoist :: Hoist (n.) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.

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