·noun Hindrance; let; check.
II. Stay ·vi To continue in a state.
III. Stay ·vi To change tack; as a ship.
IV. Stay ·vi To cause to cease; to put an end to.
V. Stay ·noun That which serves as a prop; a support.
VI. Stay ·vi To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
VII. Stay ·noun Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
VIII. Stay ·noun Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
IX. Stay ·vi To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.
X. Stay ·noun Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.
XI. Stay ·vi To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.
XII. Stay ·vi To come to an end; to Cease; as, that day the storm stayed.
XIII. Stay ·vi To Wait; to Attend; to forbear to act.
XIV. Stay ·noun A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.
XV. Stay ·vi To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
XVI. Stay ·vi To hinde/; to Delay; to Detain; to keep back.
XVII. Stay ·vi To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind.
XVIII. Stay ·vi To Dwell; to Tarry; to Linger.
XIX. Stay ·noun Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.
XX. Stay ·vi To bear up under; to Endure; to Support; to resist successfully.
XXI. Stay ·vi To stop from motion or falling; to Prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to Support.
XXII. Stay ·vi To Remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to Stop; to stand still.
XXIII. Stay ·vi To hold from proceeding; to Withhold; to Restrain; to Stop; to Hold.
XXIV. Stay ·vi To Rest; to Depend; to Rely; to Stand; to Insist.
XXV. Stay ·noun 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.