staysail-stay

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• Staysail

  ·noun Any sail extended on a stay. ...

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• staysail

  A triangular sail hoisted upon a stay. ...

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• Stay

  ·noun Hindrance; let; check. II. Stay ·vi To continue in a state. III. Stay ·vi To change tack; as...

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• stay

  A cuckold. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• stay

  A large strong rope extending from the upper end of each mast towards the stem of the ship, as the s...

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• main-staysail

  A storm-sail set between the fore and main masts. ...

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• mizen staysail

  A fore-and-aft sail of various shapes set on the mizen stay. ...

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• staysail-netting

  See bowsprit-netting. ...

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• bob stay

  A rope which holds the bowsprit to the stem or cutwater. Figuratively, the frenum of a man's yard. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• sand-stay

  n. a characteristic name for the Coast Tea-Tree, Leptospermum laevigatum,F. v. M., N.O. Myrtaceae. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• to stay put

  To remain in order; not to be disturbed. A vulgar expression. The levees and wharves of the First M...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• a-stay

  Said of the anchor when, in heaving in, the cable forms such an angle with the surface as to appear ...

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• belly-stay

  Used half-mast down when a mast requires support; as belly-guy, above. ...

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• fore-stay

  See stay. ...

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• jib-stay

  The stay on which the jib is set. ...

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• short stay

  "Heave short," means to heave in the cable till it is nearly up and down, and would hold the vessel ...

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• stay apeek

  When the cable and fore-stay form a line. (See apeek.) ...

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• stay-rods

  See stay-bars ...

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• stay-bars

  , or stay-rods. Strong malleable iron bars for supporting the framings of the marine steam-engine....

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• triatic stay

  A rope secured at each end of the heads of the fore and main masts, with thimbles spliced in its big...

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• stay-a-while

  n. a tangled bush; sometimescalled Wait-a-while (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• cutter-stay fashion

  The turning-in of a dead-eye with the end of the shroud down. ...

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• inner jib-stay

  A temporary stay lashed half-way in, on the jib-boom; it sets up with lashing-eyes at the fore top-m...

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• jib and staysail jack

  A designation of inexperienced officers, who are troublesome to the watch by constantly calling it u...

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• eye of a stay

  That part of a stay which is formed into a sort of collar to go round the mast-head; the eye and mou...

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• stay-tackles, fore and main

  Special movable purchases for hoisting in and out boats, anchors, &c. They plumb the fore and main h...

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