| 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. |
| DITTAYS | • dittays n. Plural of dittay. • DITTAY n. (Scots) a legal charge in Scots law. |
| ENTAYLE | • entayle n. Obsolete form of entail. • entayle v. Obsolete form of entail. • ENTAYLE v. (obsolete) to carve. |
| METAYER | • metayer n. (Of French and Italian agriculture) One who cultivates land for a share (usually half) of its yield… • Metayer prop.n. A surname. • METAYER n. (French) one who cultivates land for a share (usually one half) of its yield, receiving stock, tools, and seed from the landlord. |
| OUTSTAY | • outstay v. (Transitive) To stay beyond or longer than. • OUTSTAY v. to surpass in staying power. |
| PITAYAS | • pitayas n. Plural of pitaya. • PITAYA n. (Spanish) a giant cactus of southwestern US and Mexico, also PITAHAYA. |
| STAYERS | • stayers n. Plural of stayer. • Stayers prop.n. Plural of Stayer. • STAYER n. one who stays. |
| STAYING | • staying v. Present participle of stay. • staying n. A stay or visit. • STAY v. to remain in a place or a condition. |
| STAYNED | • stayned v. Simple past tense and past participle of stayne. • STAYNE v. (Spenser) to stain. |
| STAYNES | • staynes n. Plural of stayne. • staynes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stayne. • STAYNE v. (Spenser) to stain. |
| STAYRES | • stayres n. Plural of stayre. • STAYRE n. (Spenser) a stair. |
| UPSTAYS | • upstays v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upstay. • UPSTAY v. to sustain. |