| TAY | • tay n. (Obsolete or dialect) Tea. • Tay prop.n. A placename. • Tay prop.n. A surname. |
| STAY | • stay v. (Transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady. • stay v. (Transitive) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time. • stay v. (Transitive) To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder. |
| SATAY | • satay n. A dish made from small pieces of meat or fish grilled on a skewer and served with a spicy peanut sauce… • SATAY n. (Malay) a dish of marinated meat barbecued on skewers, also SATAI. |
| DITTAY | • dittay n. (Scotland, law) An indictment; a charge. • DITTAY n. (Scots) a legal charge in Scots law. |
| UPSTAY | • upstay v. (Now rare) To sustain, support. • UPSTAY v. to sustain. |
| BOBSTAY | • bobstay n. (Nautical) A strong rope or chain rigging running from the end of the bowsprit to the ship’s stem or cutwater. • BOBSTAY n. a rope used on ships to steady the bowsprit. |
| OUTSTAY | • outstay v. (Transitive) To stay beyond or longer than. • OUTSTAY v. to surpass in staying power. |
| BACKSTAY | • backstay n. (Nautical) A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from masthead the top of the mast to the… • backstay n. A strengthening or supporting piece that is built into the back of something. • BACKSTAY n. a stay extending from ship's mastheads to the side of the ship. |
| FORESTAY | • forestay n. (Nautical) A stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship. • forestay v. (Transitive) To stay beforehand; secure or fasten with or as with a forestay. • forestay v. (Transitive) To stay, delay, postpone, or hinder beforehand; forestall; prevent. |
| HEADSTAY | • headstay n. (Nautical) Synonym of forestay. • HEADSTAY n. a support for a ship's foremast. |
| HOMESTAY | • homestay n. A system whereby students, visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price. • homestay n. A house used primarily as the residence of the owner but with the business of accommodating paying guests. • HOMESTAY n. the time during which a foreigner lives with a local family. |
| JACKSTAY | • jackstay n. (Nautical) A stay (rope, bar or batten), running along a ship’s yard, to which is attached the head… • jackstay n. (Nautical) A cable between two ships or from a ship to a fixed point which can be used to support a… • jackstay n. (Nautical) A line (rope, webbing or cable), attached to a boat at the ends, to which a safety harness… |
| MAINSTAY | • mainstay n. A chief support. • mainstay n. Someone or something that can be depended on to make a regular contribution. • mainstay n. (Nautical) A stabilising rope from the top of the mainmast to the bottom of the foremast. |
| OVERSTAY | • overstay v. (Intransitive) To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time. • overstay v. (Transitive) To remain present beyond the limits of. • overstay n. The act of staying too long. |