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ALL meanings of staying

stay
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  • verb without object staying (of a ship) to change to the other tack. 1
  • verb with object staying to support or secure with a stay or stays: to stay a mast. 1
  • verb with object staying to put (a ship) on the other tack. 1
  • noun staying any of various strong ropes or wires for steadying masts, funnels, etc. 1
  • idioms staying in stays, (of a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel) heading into the wind with sails shaking, as in coming about. 1
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