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me 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. In stays, or Hove in stays (Naut.), in the act or situation of staying, or going about from one tack to another. R. H. Dana, Jr. -- Stay hole…

Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid. Bacon. Pope.

Staidly. See Staidly. [R.]

Staidness. [Archaic] W. Whately.

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.

A lace for fastening stays.

Without stop or delay. Mir. for Mag.

One whose occupation is to make stays.

The European starling. [Prov. Eng.]

Any sail extended on a stay.

A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.

An anchor is said to be astay, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.

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. [ Often used in the plural.]

A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.

A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.

A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened.

The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop.

Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.

To stay beyond or longer than. She concluded to outstay him. Mad. D' Arblay.

To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time. Bp. Hall.