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mainstay
Nautical the forestay that braces the mainmast


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"That's the very thing," said Don Quixote; "though I am relieved from looking for the name of an imaginary shepherdess, for there's the peerless Dulcinea del Toboso, the glory of these brooksides, the ornament of these meadows, the mainstay of beauty, the cream of all the graces, and, in a word, the being to whom all praise is appropriate, be it ever so hyperbolical.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
The foresail went over with a bang, and the foregaff stabbed and ripped through the stay-sail, which, was of course, prevented from going over by the mainstay.
Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
It is the mainstay of our moral system in England, Lady Stutfield.
A Woman of No Importance by Wilde, Oscar View in context
 
 
 
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