| slovo | definícia |
stay
(mass) | stay
- zostať, stáť |
stay
(encz) | stay,meškání n: Zdeněk Brož |
stay
(encz) | stay,opěra n: Zdeněk Brož |
stay
(encz) | stay,opěrka n: Zdeněk Brož |
stay
(encz) | stay,pobýt Zdeněk Brož |
stay
(encz) | stay,pobývat Pavel Cvrček |
stay
(encz) | stay,podepřít Zdeněk Brož |
stay
(encz) | stay,podpěra n: Zdeněk Brož |
stay
(encz) | stay,stěh Zdeněk Brož |
stay
(encz) | stay,udržet se |
stay
(encz) | stay,udržovat se |
stay
(encz) | stay,vzpěra n: Zdeněk Brož |
stay
(encz) | stay,zastavení n: Zdeněk Brož |
stay
(encz) | stay,zastávka n: Zdeněk Brož |
stay
(encz) | stay,zůstat |
stay
(encz) | stay,zůstávat |
Stay
(gcide) | Stay \Stay\ (st[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stayed (st[=a]d) or
Staid (st[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Staying.] [OF. estayer,
F. ['e]tayer to prop, fr. OF. estai, F. ['e]tai, a prop,
probably fr. OD. stade, staeye, a prop, akin to E. stead; or
cf. stay a rope to support a mast. Cf. Staid, a., Stay,
v. i.]
1. To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to
hold up; to support.
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Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the
one side, and the other on the other side. --Ex.
xvii. 12.
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Sallows and reeds . . . for vineyards useful found
To stay thy vines. --Dryden.
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2. To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to
satisfy in part or for the time.
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He has devoured a whole loaf of bread and butter,
and it has not staid his stomach for a minute. --Sir
W. Scott.
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3. To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist
successfully.
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She will not stay the siege of loving terms,
Nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes. --Shak.
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4. To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to
stop; to hold.
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Him backward overthrew and down him stayed
With their rude hands and grisly grapplement.
--Spenser.
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All that may stay their minds from thinking that
true which they heartily wish were false. --Hooker.
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5. To hinder; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
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Your ships are stayed at Venice. --Shak.
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This business staid me in London almost a week.
--Evelyn.
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I was willing to stay my reader on an argument that
appeared to me new. --Locke.
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6. To remain for the purpose of; to wait for. "I stay dinner
there." --Shak.
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7. To cause to cease; to put an end to.
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Stay your strife. --Shak.
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For flattering planets seemed to say
This child should ills of ages stay. --Emerson.
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8. (Engin.) To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a
flat sheet in a steam boiler.
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9. (Naut.) To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of
the vessel shall be presented to the wind.
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To stay a mast (Naut.), to incline it forward or aft, or to
one side, by the stays and backstays.
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Stay
(gcide) | Stay \Stay\ (st[=a]), n. [AS. staeg, akin to D., G., Icel., Sw.,
& Dan. stag; cf. OF. estai, F. ['e]tai, of Teutonic origin.]
(Naut.)
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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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 holes (Naut.), openings in the edge of a staysail
through which the hanks pass which join it to the stay.
Stay tackle (Naut.), a tackle attached to a stay and used
for hoisting or lowering heavy articles over the side.
To miss stays (Naut.), to fail in the attempt to go about.
--Totten.
Triatic stay (Naut.), a rope secured at the ends to the
heads of the foremast and mainmast with thimbles spliced
to its bight into which the stay tackles hook.
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Stay
(gcide) | Stay \Stay\ (st[=a]), v. i. [[root]163. See Stay to hold up,
prop.]
1. To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a
space of time; to stop; to stand still.
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She would command the hasty sun to stay. --Spenser.
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Stay, I command you; stay and hear me first.
--Dryden.
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I stay a little longer, as one stays
To cover up the embers that still burn.
--Longfellow.
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2. To continue in a state.
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The flames augment, and stay
At their full height, then languish to decay.
--Dryden.
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3. To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
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I 'll tell thee all my whole device
When I am in my coach, which stays for us. --Shak.
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The father can not stay any longer for the fortune.
--Locke.
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4. To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
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I must stay a little on one action. --Dryden.
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5. To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.
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I stay here on my bond. --Shak.
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Ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and
perverseness, and stay thereon. --Isa. xxx.
12.
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6. To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm
stayed. [Archaic]
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Here my commission stays. --Shak.
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7. To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays
well. [Colloq.]
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8. (Naut.) To change tack, as a ship.
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Stay
(gcide) | Stay \Stay\, n. [Cf. OF. estai, F. ['e]tai support, and E. stay
a rope to support a mast.]
1. That which serves as a prop; a support. "My only strength
and stay." --Milton.
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Trees serve as so many stays for their vines.
--Addison.
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Lord Liverpool is the single stay of this ministry.
--Coleridge.
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2. pl. A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material,
worn by women, and rarely by men.
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How the strait stays the slender waist constrain.
--Gay.
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3. Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time;
sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.
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Make haste, and leave thy business and thy care;
No mortal interest can be worth thy stay. --Dryden.
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Embrace the hero and his stay implore. --Waller.
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4. Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
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Made of sphere metal, never to decay
Until his revolution was at stay. --Milton.
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Affairs of state seemed rather to stand at a stay.
--Hayward.
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5. Hindrance; let; check. [Obs.]
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They were able to read good authors without any
stay, if the book were not false. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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6. Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness;
sobriety. [Obs.] "Not grudging that thy lust hath bounds
and stays." --Herbert.
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The wisdom, stay, and moderation of the king.
--Bacon.
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With prudent stay he long deferred
The rough contention. --Philips.
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7. (Engin.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts
together, or stiffen them.
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Stay bolt (Mech.), a bolt or short rod, connecting opposite
plates, so as to prevent them from being bulged out when
acted upon by a pressure which tends to force them apart,
as in the leg of a steam boiler.
Stay busk, a stiff piece of wood, steel, or whalebone, for
the front support of a woman's stays. Cf. Busk.
Stay rod, a rod which acts as a stay, particularly in a
steam boiler.
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stay
(wn) | stay
n 1: continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a
nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-
month stay in bankruptcy court"
2: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during
the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him
to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
[syn: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop,
stoppage]
3: a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs
or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to
stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"
4: a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a
garment (e.g. a corset)
5: (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable
used as a support for a mast or spar
v 1: stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress
remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest
assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears";
"The bad weather continued for another week" [syn: stay,
remain, rest] [ant: change]
2: stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we
are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner
here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" [syn:
stay, stick, stick around, stay put] [ant: move]
3: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a
bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: bide, abide,
stay]
4: continue in a place, position, or situation; "After
graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser";
"Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he
remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy
mayor for another year" [syn: stay, stay on, continue,
remain]
5: remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children"
[ant: depart, quit, take leave]
6: stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" [syn: stay,
detain, delay]
7: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility
remained long after they made up" [syn: persist, remain,
stay]
8: hang on during a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm"
[syn: last out, stay, ride out, outride]
9: stop a judicial process; "The judge stayed the execution
order"
10: fasten with stays
11: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" [syn: quell, stay,
appease] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
stay
(mass) | stay
- zostať, stáť |
stay on
(mass) | stay on
- zostávať |
stayathome
(mass) | stay-at-home
- zostať doma |
stayed
(mass) | stayed
- zostal |
stays
(mass) | stays
- zostáva |
forestay
(encz) | forestay,přední stěh Zdeněk Brož |
long-stay
(encz) | long-stay,dlouhý pobyt Zdeněk Brož |
mainstay
(encz) | mainstay,hlavní část n: Zdeněk Brožmainstay,pilíř n: Ivan Masár |
outstay
(encz) | outstay,zůstat příliš dlouho Zdeněk Brož |
overstay
(encz) | overstay,překročit v: Zdeněk Brož |
stay
(encz) | stay,meškání n: Zdeněk Brožstay,opěra n: Zdeněk Brožstay,opěrka n: Zdeněk Brožstay,pobýt Zdeněk Brožstay,pobývat Pavel Cvrčekstay,podepřít Zdeněk Brožstay,podpěra n: Zdeněk Brožstay,stěh Zdeněk Brožstay,udržet se stay,udržovat se stay,vzpěra n: Zdeněk Brožstay,zastavení n: Zdeněk Brožstay,zastávka n: Zdeněk Brožstay,zůstat stay,zůstávat |
stay abreast
(encz) | stay abreast, |
stay alive
(encz) | stay alive, |
stay at
(encz) | stay at,zdržet se v Zdeněk Brož |
stay awake
(encz) | stay awake, |
stay away
(encz) | stay away,nepřibližovat se Zdeněk Brož |
stay fresh
(encz) | stay fresh, v: |
stay in line
(encz) | stay in line, |
stay in place
(encz) | stay in place, v: |
stay of execution
(encz) | stay of execution, n: |
stay off
(encz) | stay off, v: |
stay on
(encz) | stay on,zůstávat v: Zdeněk Brož |
stay out
(encz) | stay out,setrvávat Zdeněk Brožstay out,zdržet se Zdeněk Brož |
stay over
(encz) | stay over,přenocovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
stay put
(encz) | stay put,ani se nehnout Zdeněk Brožstay put,nehnout se z místa n: Zdeněk Brož |
stay together
(encz) | stay together,zůstat pohromadě Zdeněk Brožstay together,zůstat spolu Zdeněk Brož |
stay up
(encz) | stay up,být vzhůru Zdeněk Brožstay up,zůstat vzhůru Zdeněk Brož |
stay! stay standing!
(encz) | stay! stay standing!,zůstaň stát |
stay-at-home
(encz) | stay-at-home,domácký člověk Zdeněk Brož |
staycation
(encz) | staycation,dovolená doma n: dovolená strávená doma nebo v blízkém okolí;
kombinace slov en stay a en vacation Jiří Drbálek |
stayed
(encz) | stayed,zůstal v: Zdeněk Brož |
stayer
(encz) | stayer, n: |
staying
(encz) | staying,zůstávající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
staying power
(encz) | staying power, |
stays
(encz) | stays,pobyty Zdeněk Brožstays,zůstává v: Zdeněk Brož |
staysail
(encz) | staysail, n: |
will stay
(encz) | will stay,zůstane v: |
terminate and stay resident program
(czen) | Terminate and Stay Resident program,TSR[zkr.] |
Astay
(gcide) | Astay \A*stay"\, adv. (Naut.)
An anchor is said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an acute
angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the
water.
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Backstay
(gcide) | Backstay \Back"stay`\ (b[a^]k"st[=a]`), n. [Back, a. or n. +
stay.]
1. (Naut.) 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.]
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2. A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.
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Bobstay
(gcide) | Bobstay \Bob"stay`\, n. [Bob + stay.] (Naut.)
A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to
the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
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Forestay
(gcide) | Forestay \Fore"stay`\, n. (Naut.)
A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the
bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.
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Funnel stay
(gcide) | Funnel \Fun"nel\, n. [OE. funel, fonel, prob. through OF. fr, L.
fundibulum, infundibulum, funnel, fr. infundere to pour in;
in in + fundere to pour; cf. Armor. founil funnel, W. ffynel
air hole, chimney. See Fuse, v. t.]
1. A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone,
terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying
liquids or pourable solids into a vessel with a narrow
opening; a tunnel.
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2. A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance;
specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a
steamship or the like.
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Funnel box (Mining), an apparatus for collecting finely
crushed ore from water. --Knight.
Funnel stay (Naut.), one of the ropes or rods steadying a
steamer's funnel.
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Hove in stays
(gcide) | Stay \Stay\ (st[=a]), n. [AS. staeg, akin to D., G., Icel., Sw.,
& Dan. stag; cf. OF. estai, F. ['e]tai, of Teutonic origin.]
(Naut.)
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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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 holes (Naut.), openings in the edge of a staysail
through which the hanks pass which join it to the stay.
Stay tackle (Naut.), a tackle attached to a stay and used
for hoisting or lowering heavy articles over the side.
To miss stays (Naut.), to fail in the attempt to go about.
--Totten.
Triatic stay (Naut.), a rope secured at the ends to the
heads of the foremast and mainmast with thimbles spliced
to its bight into which the stay tackles hook.
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In stays
(gcide) | Stay \Stay\ (st[=a]), n. [AS. staeg, akin to D., G., Icel., Sw.,
& Dan. stag; cf. OF. estai, F. ['e]tai, of Teutonic origin.]
(Naut.)
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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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 holes (Naut.), openings in the edge of a staysail
through which the hanks pass which join it to the stay.
Stay tackle (Naut.), a tackle attached to a stay and used
for hoisting or lowering heavy articles over the side.
To miss stays (Naut.), to fail in the attempt to go about.
--Totten.
Triatic stay (Naut.), a rope secured at the ends to the
heads of the foremast and mainmast with thimbles spliced
to its bight into which the stay tackles hook.
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Jackstay
(gcide) | Jackstay \Jack"stay`\, n. (Naut.)
A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel,
to which the sails are fastened.
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Mainstay
(gcide) | Mainstay \Main"stay`\, n.
1. (Naut.) The stay extending from the foot of the foremast
to the maintop.
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2. Main support; principal dependence.
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The great mainstay of the Church. --Buckle.
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Misstayed
(gcide) | Misstayed \Mis*stayed"\, a. (Naut.)
Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.
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Outstay
(gcide) | Outstay \Out*stay"\, v. t.
To stay beyond or longer than.
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She concluded to outstay him. --Mad. D'
Arblay.
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Overstay
(gcide) | Overstay \O`ver*stay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstayedor
Overstaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Overstaying.]
To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the
appointed time; to overstay one's welcome. --Bp. Hall.
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Overstayed
(gcide) | Overstay \O`ver*stay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstayedor
Overstaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Overstaying.]
To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the
appointed time; to overstay one's welcome. --Bp. Hall.
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Overstaying
(gcide) | Overstay \O`ver*stay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstayedor
Overstaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Overstaying.]
To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the
appointed time; to overstay one's welcome. --Bp. Hall.
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Preventer stay
(gcide) | Preventer \Pre*vent"er\, n.
1. One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates
another. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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2. One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which
hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease.
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3. (Naut.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast.
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Preventer bolts, or Preventer plates (Naut.), fixtures
connected with preventers to re["e]nforce other rigging.
Preventer stay. (Naut.) Same as Preventer, 3.
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Shifting backstays
(gcide) | Shifting \Shift"ing\, a.
1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying;
variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or
principles.
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2. Adapted or used for shifting anything.
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Shifting backstays (Naut.), temporary stays that have to be
let go whenever the vessel tacks or jibes.
Shifting ballast, ballast which may be moved from one side
of a vessel to another as safety requires.
Shifting center. See Metacenter.
Shifting locomotive. See Switching engine, under
Switch.
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Slack in stays
(gcide) | Slack \Slack\, a. [Compar. Slacker; superl. Slackest.] [OE.
slak, AS. sleac; akin to OS. slak, OHG. slah, Prov. G.
schlack, Icel. slakr, Sw. slak; cf. Skr. s[.r]j to let loose,
to throw. Cf. Slake.]
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a
slack rope.
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2. Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand. --Milton.
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3. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not
earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.
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The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as
some men count slackness. --2 Pet. iii.
9.
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4. Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as,
business is slack. "With slack pace." --Chaucer.
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C?sar . . . about sunset, hoisting sail with a slack
southwest, at midnight was becalmed. --Milton.
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Slack in stays (Naut.), slow in going about, as a ship.
Slack water, the time when the tide runs slowly, or the
water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and
reflux of the tide.
Slack-water navigation, navigation in a stream the depth of
which has been increased, and the current diminished, by a
dam or dams.
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Syn: Loose; relaxed; weak; remiss; backward; abated;
diminished; inactive; slow; tardy; dull.
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Spring stay
(gcide) | Spring \Spring\, n. [AS. spring a fountain, a leap. See
Spring, v. i.]
1. A leap; a bound; a jump.
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The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke.
--Dryden.
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2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its
former state by its elasticity; as, the spring of a bow.
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3. Elastic power or force.
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Heavens! what a spring was in his arm! --Dryden.
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4. An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough
wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical
purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing
concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other
force.
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Note: The principal varieties of springs used in mechanisms
are the spiral spring (Fig. a), the coil spring
(Fig. b), the elliptic spring (Fig. c), the
half-elliptic spring (Fig. d), the volute spring,
the India-rubber spring, the atmospheric spring,
etc.
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5. Any source of supply; especially, the source from which a
stream proceeds; an issue of water from the earth; a
natural fountain. "All my springs are in thee." --Ps.
lxxxvii. 7. "A secret spring of spiritual joy." --Bentley.
"The sacred spring whence right and honor streams." --Sir
J. Davies.
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6. Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is
produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.
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Our author shuns by vulgar springs to move
The hero's glory, or the virgin's love. --Pope.
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7. That which springs, or is originated, from a source; as:
(a) A race; lineage. [Obs.] --Chapman.
(b) A youth; a springal. [Obs.] --Spenser.
(c) A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of
trees; woodland. [Obs.] --Spenser. Milton.
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8. That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively
tune. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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9. The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and
grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months
of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of
the equator. "The green lap of the new-come spring."
--Shak.
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Note: Spring of the astronomical year begins with the vernal
equinox, about March 21st, and ends with the summer
solstice, about June 21st.
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10. The time of growth and progress; early portion; first
stage; as, the spring of life. "The spring of the day."
--1 Sam. ix. 26.
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O how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day. --Shak.
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11. (Naut.)
(a) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running
obliquely or transversely.
(b) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so
that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to
lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally
from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon
the wharf to which she is moored.
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Air spring, Boiling spring, etc. See under Air,
Boiling, etc.
Spring back (Bookbinding), a back with a curved piece of
thin sheet iron or of stiff pasteboard fastened to the
inside, the effect of which is to make the leaves of a
book thus bound (as a ledger or other account or blank
book) spring up and lie flat.
Spring balance, a contrivance for measuring weight or force
by the elasticity of a spiral spring of steel.
Spring beam, a beam that supports the side of a paddle box.
See Paddle beam, under Paddle, n.
Spring beauty.
(a) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Claytonia, delicate
herbs with somewhat fleshy leaves and pretty
blossoms, appearing in springtime.
(b) (Zool.) A small, elegant American butterfly ({Erora
laeta}) which appears in spring. The hind wings of
the male are brown, bordered with deep blue; those of
the female are mostly blue.
Spring bed, a mattress, under bed, or bed bottom, in which
springs, as of metal, are employed to give the required
elasticity.
Spring beetle (Zool.), a snapping beetle; an elater.
Spring box, the box or barrel in a watch, or other piece of
mechanism, in which the spring is contained.
Spring fly (Zool.), a caddice fly; -- so called because it
appears in the spring.
Spring grass (Bot.), vernal grass. See under Vernal.
Spring gun, a firearm discharged by a spring, when this is
trodden upon or is otherwise moved.
Spring hook (Locomotive Engines), one of the hooks which
fix the driving-wheel spring to the frame.
Spring latch, a latch that fastens with a spring.
Spring lock, a lock that fastens with a spring.
Spring mattress, a spring bed.
Spring of an arch (Arch.) See Springing line of an arch,
under Springing.
Spring of pork, the lower part of a fore quarter, which is
divided from the neck, and has the leg and foot without
the shoulder. [Obs.] --Nares.
Sir, pray hand the spring of pork to me. --Gayton.
Spring pin (Locomotive Engines), an iron rod fitted between
the springs and the axle boxes, to sustain and regulate
the pressure on the axles.
Spring rye, a kind of rye sown in the spring; -- in
distinction from winter rye, sown in autumn.
Spring stay (Naut.), a preventer stay, to assist the
regular one. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
Spring tide, the tide which happens at, or soon after, the
new and the full moon, and which rises higher than common
tides. See Tide.
Spring wagon, a wagon in which springs are interposed
between the body and the axles to form elastic supports.
Spring wheat, any kind of wheat sown in the spring; -- in
distinction from winter wheat, which is sown in autumn.
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Stay bolt
(gcide) | Stay \Stay\, n. [Cf. OF. estai, F. ['e]tai support, and E. stay
a rope to support a mast.]
1. That which serves as a prop; a support. "My only strength
and stay." --Milton.
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Trees serve as so many stays for their vines.
--Addison.
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Lord Liverpool is the single stay of this ministry.
--Coleridge.
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2. pl. A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material,
worn by women, and rarely by men.
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How the strait stays the slender waist constrain.
--Gay.
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3. Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time;
sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.
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Make haste, and leave thy business and thy care;
No mortal interest can be worth thy stay. --Dryden.
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Embrace the hero and his stay implore. --Waller.
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4. Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
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Made of sphere metal, never to decay
Until his revolution was at stay. --Milton.
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Affairs of state seemed rather to stand at a stay.
--Hayward.
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5. Hindrance; let; check. [Obs.]
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They were able to read good authors without any
stay, if the book were not false. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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6. Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness;
sobriety. [Obs.] "Not grudging that thy lust hath bounds
and stays." --Herbert.
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The wisdom, stay, and moderation of the king.
--Bacon.
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With prudent stay he long deferred
The rough contention. --Philips.
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7. (Engin.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts
together, or stiffen them.
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Stay bolt (Mech.), a bolt or short rod, connecting opposite
plates, so as to prevent them from being bulged out when
acted upon by a pressure which tends to force them apart,
as in the leg of a steam boiler.
Stay busk, a stiff piece of wood, steel, or whalebone, for
the front support of a woman's stays. Cf. Busk.
Stay rod, a rod which acts as a stay, particularly in a
steam boiler.
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Stay busk
(gcide) | Stay \Stay\, n. [Cf. OF. estai, F. ['e]tai support, and E. stay
a rope to support a mast.]
1. That which serves as a prop; a support. "My only strength
and stay." --Milton.
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Trees serve as so many stays for their vines.
--Addison.
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Lord Liverpool is the single stay of this ministry.
--Coleridge.
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2. pl. A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material,
worn by women, and rarely by men.
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How the strait stays the slender waist constrain.
--Gay.
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3. Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time;
sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.
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Make haste, and leave thy business and thy care;
No mortal interest can be worth thy stay. --Dryden.
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Embrace the hero and his stay implore. --Waller.
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4. Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
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Made of sphere metal, never to decay
Until his revolution was at stay. --Milton.
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Affairs of state seemed rather to stand at a stay.
--Hayward.
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5. Hindrance; let; check. [Obs.]
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They were able to read good authors without any
stay, if the book were not false. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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6. Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness;
sobriety. [Obs.] "Not grudging that thy lust hath bounds
and stays." --Herbert.
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The wisdom, stay, and moderation of the king.
--Bacon.
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With prudent stay he long deferred
The rough contention. --Philips.
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7. (Engin.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts
together, or stiffen them.
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Stay bolt (Mech.), a bolt or short rod, connecting opposite
plates, so as to prevent them from being bulged out when
acted upon by a pressure which tends to force them apart,
as in the leg of a steam boiler.
Stay busk, a stiff piece of wood, steel, or whalebone, for
the front support of a woman's stays. Cf. Busk.
Stay rod, a rod which acts as a stay, particularly in a
steam boiler.
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Stay holes
(gcide) | Stay \Stay\ (st[=a]), n. [AS. staeg, akin to D., G., Icel., Sw.,
& Dan. stag; cf. OF. estai, F. ['e]tai, of Teutonic origin.]
(Naut.)
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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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 holes (Naut.), openings in the edge of a staysail
through which the hanks pass which join it to the stay.
Stay tackle (Naut.), a tackle attached to a stay and used
for hoisting or lowering heavy articles over the side.
To miss stays (Naut.), to fail in the attempt to go about.
--Totten.
Triatic stay (Naut.), a rope secured at the ends to the
heads of the foremast and mainmast with thimbles spliced
to its bight into which the stay tackles hook.
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Stay rod
(gcide) | Stay \Stay\, n. [Cf. OF. estai, F. ['e]tai support, and E. stay
a rope to support a mast.]
1. That which serves as a prop; a support. "My only strength
and stay." --Milton.
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Trees serve as so many stays for their vines.
--Addison.
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Lord Liverpool is the single stay of this ministry.
--Coleridge.
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2. pl. A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material,
worn by women, and rarely by men.
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How the strait stays the slender waist constrain.
--Gay.
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3. Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time;
sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.
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Make haste, and leave thy business and thy care;
No mortal interest can be worth thy stay. --Dryden.
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Embrace the hero and his stay implore. --Waller.
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4. Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
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Made of sphere metal, never to decay
Until his revolution was at stay. --Milton.
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Affairs of state seemed rather to stand at a stay.
--Hayward.
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5. Hindrance; let; check. [Obs.]
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They were able to read good authors without any
stay, if the book were not false. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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6. Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness;
sobriety. [Obs.] "Not grudging that thy lust hath bounds
and stays." --Herbert.
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The wisdom, stay, and moderation of the king.
--Bacon.
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With prudent stay he long deferred
The rough contention. --Philips.
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7. (Engin.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts
together, or stiffen them.
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Stay bolt (Mech.), a bolt or short rod, connecting opposite
plates, so as to prevent them from being bulged out when
acted upon by a pressure which tends to force them apart,
as in the leg of a steam boiler.
Stay busk, a stiff piece of wood, steel, or whalebone, for
the front support of a woman's stays. Cf. Busk.
Stay rod, a rod which acts as a stay, particularly in a
steam boiler.
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Stay tackle
(gcide) | Stay \Stay\ (st[=a]), n. [AS. staeg, akin to D., G., Icel., Sw.,
& Dan. stag; cf. OF. estai, F. ['e]tai, of Teutonic origin.]
(Naut.)
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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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 holes (Naut.), openings in the edge of a staysail
through which the hanks pass which join it to the stay.
Stay tackle (Naut.), a tackle attached to a stay and used
for hoisting or lowering heavy articles over the side.
To miss stays (Naut.), to fail in the attempt to go about.
--Totten.
Triatic stay (Naut.), a rope secured at the ends to the
heads of the foremast and mainmast with thimbles spliced
to its bight into which the stay tackles hook.
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