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

Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Bound with stays.

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

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

Subventaneous :: Subvene (v. i.) To come under, as a support or stay; to happen..

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

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

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.

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

Leave :: Leave (v.) To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed..

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

Stayless :: Staylace (n.) A lace for fastening stays.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To dwell; to tarry; to linger.

Continuance :: Continuance (n.) A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay..

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

Overstay :: Overstay (v. t.) To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time..

Mainstay :: Mainstay (n.) The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.

Upstay :: Upstay (v. t.) To sustain; to support.

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..

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