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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.
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.
n.
One whose occupation is to make stays.
a.
A term used in the phrase triatic stay. See under Stay.
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Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders.
v. i.
To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.
n.
The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
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.
v. i.
To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.
n.
One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.
v. t.
To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders.
imp. & p. p.
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n.
Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.
v. i.
To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.
v. i.
To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.
v. t.
To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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n.
A lace for fastening stays.
n.
A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.
n.
Any sail extended on a stay.
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