SPage 505
- English Word Staved Definition of Stave
- English Word Staves Definition pl. of Staff.
- English Word Staves Definition pl. of Stave.
- English Word Staves Definition of Staff
- English Word Stavesacre Definition A kind of larkspur (Delphinium Staphysagria), and its seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish.
- English Word Stavewood Definition A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.
- English Word Staving Definition of Stave
- English Word Staving Definition A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel.
- English Word Staw Definition To be fixed or set; to stay.
- English Word Stay Definition 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.
- English Word Stay Definition To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.
- English Word Stay Definition To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
- English Word Stay Definition To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.
- English Word Stay Definition To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.
- English Word Stay Definition To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
- English Word Stay Definition To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
- English Word Stay Definition To cause to cease; to put an end to.
- English Word Stay Definition To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.
- English Word Stay Definition To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind.
- English Word Stay Definition To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.
- English Word Stay Definition To continue in a state.
- English Word Stay Definition To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
- English Word Stay Definition To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
- English Word Stay Definition To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.
- English Word Stay Definition To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.
- English Word Stay Definition To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.
- English Word Stay Definition To change tack; as a ship.
- English Word Stay Definition That which serves as a prop; a support.
- English Word Stay Definition A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.
- English Word Stay Definition Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.