SPage 758
- English Word Stay Definition To continue in a state.
- English Word Stay Definition To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
- English Word Stay Definition To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
- English Word Stay Definition To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.
- English Word Stay Definition To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.
- English Word Stay Definition To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.
- English Word Stay Definition To change tack; as a ship.
- English Word Stay Definition That which serves as a prop; a support.
- English Word Stay Definition A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.
- English Word Stay Definition Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.
- English Word Stay Definition Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
- English Word Stay Definition Hindrance; let; check.
- English Word Stay Definition Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
- English Word Stay Definition Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.
- English Word Stayed Definition of Stay
- English Word Stayed Definition Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid.
- English Word Stayedly Definition Staidly. See Staidly.
- English Word Stayedness Definition Staidness.
- English Word Stayedness Definition Solidity; weight.
- English Word Stayer Definition 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.