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.
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To wait; to pause; to delay.
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To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
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To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.
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To care; to desire.
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To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
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To stay beyond or longer than.
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To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time.
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To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnat…
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To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position
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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
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To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.
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To watch; to observe; to take notice.
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…
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That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…
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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
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An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be d…
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Dead.
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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
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A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement;…
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To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.
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To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.
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An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
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One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
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imp. & p. p. of Fight.
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Fixed; solidified.
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To fill up; to make full or complete.
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3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.
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Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.
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The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.
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To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…
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Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system
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To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influe…
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To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motiv…
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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 subtract…
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The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.
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To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of…
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In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full,…
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Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
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To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
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To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…
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A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast.
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To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
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A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.
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To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to de…
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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
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To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.
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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
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The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.
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The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.
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To arrest.
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To arrest.
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To wait; to pause; to delay.
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To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or o…
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To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.
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To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.
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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…
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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
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To keep back or from; to withhold.
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3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.
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To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
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To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than.
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To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motiv…
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To die.
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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 subtract…
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To arrest.
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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
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The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; th…
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