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stay
Law the suspension of a judicial proceeding, etc.
stay [stā]
(engineering)
In a structure, a tensile member which holds other members of the structure rigidly in position.
stay
1. Anything that stiffens or helps to maintain a frame or other structure, as a strut or brace.
2.See casement stay, peg stay.
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I was confident about him staying the distance and I felt he had come on from his first run.
Horse Racing: Hello Pretty lines up Cup clash with Ouija Board; ... by The Racing Post (London, England)
He's grown up now and I have no worries about him staying the distance," he declared.
QUICK ON THE DRAW by Fawcus, Charles / The Mirror (London, England)
Both will be suited by this return to a longer trip, but Bagan has no trouble staying the distance either, judged on the Ludlow evidence, and his superior Flat speed can prove a race-winning weapon under today's conditions, especially in receipt of 4lb.
Trading Post: Bank on Flat speed of improving Bagan by The Racing Post (London, England)
 
 
 
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