Definition of stay

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Stay (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

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Triatic :: Triatic (a.) A term used in the phrase triatic stay. See under Stay.
Bodice :: Bodice (n.) A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays..
Stay :: Staying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sta.
Upstay :: Upstay (v. t.) To sustain; to support.
Overstayed :: Overstayed (imp. & p. p.) of Oversta.
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..
Stay :: Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.
Outsit :: Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
Staid :: Stail () imp. & p. p. of Stay.
Expect :: Expect (v. t.) To wait; to stay.
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..
Staysail :: Staynil (n.) The European starling.
Remain :: Remain (v. i.) To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
Mainstay :: Mainstay (n.) Main support; principal dependence.
Continue :: Continue (v. i.) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
Appui :: Appui (n.) A support or supporter; a stay; a prop.
Gobline :: Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.
Leave :: Leave (v.) To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces..
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