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Corset :: Corset (n.) An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.

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..

Haunt :: Haunt (v. i.) To persist in staying or visiting.

Stay :: Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.

Stayship :: Staysail (n.) Any sail extended on a stay.

Stay :: Staying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sta.

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

Tarry :: Tarry (n.) Stay; stop; delay.

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..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well..

Transient :: Transient (a.) Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders..

Bee :: Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks..

Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach..

Remain :: Remain (n.) State of remaining; stay.

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

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind..

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

Abode :: Abode (n.) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.

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

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

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