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Astay
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.
Backstay
Backstay Back"stay`, n. [Back, a. orn.+ 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.]
2. A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.
Bobstay
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.
ForestayForestay Fore"stay`, n. (Naut.)
A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the
bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship. Jackstay
Jackstay Jack"stay`, n. (Naut.)
A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel,
to which the sails are fastened.
Mainstay
Mainstay Main"stay`, n.
1. (Naut.) The stay extending from the foot of the foremast
to the maintop.
2. Main support; principal dependence.
The great mainstay of the Church. --Buckle.
Misstayed
Misstayed Mis*stayed", a. (Naut.)
Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.
OverstayOverstay 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. --Bp. Hall. OverstayedOverstay 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. --Bp. Hall. OverstayingOverstay 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. --Bp. Hall. Preventer stayPreventer Pre*vent"er, n.
1. One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates
another. [Obs.] --Bacon.
2. One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which
hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease.
3. (Naut.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast.
Preventer bolts, or Preventer plates (Naut.), fixtures
connected with preventers to re["e]nforce other rigging.
Preventer stay. (Naut.) Same as Preventer, 3. Shifting backstaysShifting Shift"ing, a.
1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying;
variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or
principles.
2. Adapted or used for shifting anything.
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. Slack in staysSlack 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.
2. Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand. --Milton.
3. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not
earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as
some men count slackness. --2 Pet. iii.
9.
4. Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as,
business is slack. ``With slack pace.' --Chaucer.
C?sar . . . about sunset, hoisting sail with a slack
southwest, at midnight was becalmed. --Milton.
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.
Syn: Loose; relaxed; weak; remiss; backward; abated;
diminished; inactive; slow; tardy; dull. Spring stay 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. StayedStayed Stayed, a.
Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See
Staid. --Bacon. Pope. StayedlyStayedly Stayed"ly, adv.
Staidly. See Staidly. [R.] Stayedness
Stayedness Stayed"ness, n.
1. Staidness. [Archaic] --W. Whately.
2. Solidity; weight. [R.] --Camden.
Stayer
Stayer Stay"er, n.
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.
Staylace
Staylace Stay"lace`, n.
A lace for fastening stays.
Stayless
Stayless Stay"less, a.
Without stop or delay. --Mir. for Mag.
Staymaker
Staymaker Stay"mak`er, n.
One whose occupation is to make stays.
Staynil
Staynil Stay"nil, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The European starling. [Prov. Eng.]
Staysail
Staysail Stay"sail`, n. (Naut.)
Any sail extended on a stay.
Stayship
Stayship Stay"ship`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to
them.
To miss staysMiss Miss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Missed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Missing.] [AS. missan; akin to D. & G. missen, OHG. missan,
Icel. missa, Sw. mista, Dan. miste. [root]100. See Mis-,
pref.]
1. To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing,
hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss
the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting
knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.
When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will
acknowledge he judged not right. --Locke.
2. To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to
dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.
She would never miss, one day, A walk so fine, a
sight so gay. --Prior.
We cannot miss him; he does make our fire, Fetch in
our wood. --Shak.
3. To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want
of; to mourn the loss of; to want. --Shak.
Neither missed we anything . . . Nothing was missed
of all that pertained unto him. --1 Sam. xxv.
15, 21.
What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss.
--Milton.
To miss stays. (Naut.) See under Stay. Upstay
Upstay Up*stay", v. t.
To sustain; to support. [Obs.] ``His massy spear upstayed.'
--Milton.
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