Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical See
stay .
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Examples
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At this point he made a sling for her on the spring-stay, in which she sat as a child does in a swing.
Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise Oliver Optic 1859
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He went to the main-mast head, and, by the spring-stay, reached the fore-mast.
Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise Oliver Optic 1859
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