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Definition of Stays

1. Noun. A woman's close-fitting foundation garment.

Definition of Stays

1. Noun. (plural of stay) ¹

2. Noun. (plurale tantum) A corset. ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of stay) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stays

1. stay [v] - See also: stay

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stays

Literary usage of Stays

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Marine Engineers' Handbook by Frank Ward Sterling (1920)
"C = 9000 for tested steel stays 1 in. and upward in diam. when such stays are not forged ... All such stays after being upset shall be thoroughly annealed. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"If fig. i is followed from the bow to the mizzenmast, it will be seen that a succession of stays connect the masts with the hull of the ship or with one ..."

3. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference Book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1902)
"Ia Iv rial for stays.— The qualities of material prescribed are as ows: 'oard ... Steel stays which have been welded or worked in the fire should not used. ..."

4. The Elements of Machine Design by William Cawthorne Unwin (1909)
"Locomotive or water space stays.—The flat surfaces of locomotive fire-boxes are ... Occasionally, especially in stays near the level of the fire-bars, ..."

5. Marine Boiler Management and Construction: Being a Treatise on Boiler by Johann Phillip Edmond Charles Stromeyer, C. E. Stromeyer (1914)
"stays.-—The strength of stays supporting flat surfaces is to be calculated ... For screw stays not exceeding H in. smallest diameter, 8000 Ibs. per sq. in.; ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"If fig. i is followed from the bow to the mizzenmast, it will be seen that a succession of stays connect the masts with the hull of the ship or with one ..."

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