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Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.

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

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

Optional :: Optional (a.) Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay..

Stayedness :: Stayedly (adv.) Staidly. See Staidly.

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..

Stayed :: Stay (n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship..

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

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

Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor..

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

Appui :: Appui (n.) A support or supporter; a stay; a prop.

Continue :: Continue (v. i.) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.

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

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

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.

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

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