"Stay" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
In practice. A stopping; the act of arresting a judicial proceeding, by the or-der of a court See In re Schwarz (D. C.) 14 Fed. 788
To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
To cause to cease; to put an end to.
Hindrance; let; check.
To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to
stop; to hold.
Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or
stiffen them.
To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.
A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by
women, and rarely by men.
To change tack; as a ship.
To continue in a state.
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.
To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel
shall be presented to the wind.
That which serves as a prop; a support.
To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a
space of time; to stop; to stand still.
To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet
in a steam boiler.
To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist
successfully.
To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays
well.
To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm
stayed.
Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn;
as, you make a short stay in this city.
Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness;
sobriety.
Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to
satisfy in part or for the time.
To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to
hold up; to support.
Of the things that followed I cannot at all say whether they were what men call real or what men call dream. And for all I can tell, the only difference is that what many see we call a real thing, and what only one sees we call a dream. But things that many see may have no taste or moment in them at all, and things that are shown only to one may be spears and water-spouts of truth from the very depth of truth.
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Fr. (L. Latin: habendum et tenendum.) To have and to hold
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Read the complete definitionábat v [A2S; b6] hold on to s.t. fixed to support oneself. Ang tigúwang miábat sa pasamánu paingun sa táas, …
Read the complete definitionThe feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
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Read the complete definitionThe act of abstaining; a holding aloof.
Read the complete definitionOne holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.
Read the complete definitionAn institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, …
Read the complete definitionTo value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.
Read the complete definitionTo take assises; to take or hold the assises. Bract, fol. 110a; 3 Bl. Comm. 185. Ad asstsam capiendam; to …
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Read the complete definitionA writ directed to a coroner commanding him to hold a second inquest. See 45 Law J. Q-B. 711
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Read the complete definitionagám-agám - Dim. and Freq. of agám. Also: to take a firm hold of, do (handle, manage) well (carefully).
Read the complete definitionagóng - A trickster, sneak, cheat, thief in a small way; to trick, cheat, deceive, obtain under some plausible pretext. …
Read the complete definitionagúd - That, in order that, so that; agúd índì or agúd dílì—lest, in order that not. Magtoón kamó, agúd …
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