BACKSTAYS | • backstays n. Plural of backstay. • BACKSTAY n. a stay extending from ship's mastheads to the side of the ship. |
BOBSTAYS | • bobstays n. Plural of bobstay. • BOBSTAY n. a rope used on ships to steady the bowsprit. |
DITTAYS | • dittays n. Plural of dittay. • DITTAY n. (Scots) a legal charge in Scots law. |
FORESTAYS | • forestays n. Plural of forestay. • FORESTAY n. a rope or wire used to support a foremast. |
HEADSTAYS | • headstays n. Plural of headstay. • HEADSTAY n. a support for a ship's foremast. |
HOMESTAYS | • homestays n. Plural of homestay. • HOMESTAY n. the time during which a foreigner lives with a local family. |
JACKSTAYS | • jackstays n. Plural of jackstay. • JACKSTAY n. an iron or wooden bar running along the yard of a ship to which sails are fastened. |
MAINSTAYS | • mainstays n. Plural of mainstay. • MAINSTAY n. the principal support. |
OUTSTAYS | • outstays v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outstay. • OUTSTAY v. to surpass in staying power. |
OVERSTAYS | • overstays v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overstay. • OVERSTAY v. to stay beyond a time limit. |
SATAYS | • satays n. Plural of satay. • SATAY n. (Malay) a dish of marinated meat barbecued on skewers, also SATAI. |
STAYS | • stays n. Plural of stay. • stays n. A corset. • stays v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stay. |
TAYS | • tays n. Plural of tay. • TAY n. (dialect) tea. |
UPSTAYS | • upstays v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upstay. • UPSTAY v. to sustain. |