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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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We are hopeful of a good run as he stays the distance and looks to be a horse very much on the upgrade.
Tattersalls Millions pounds 2,300,000; BLOODSTOCK WORLD: DERBY ... by The Racing Post (London, England)
Jockey Tony Dobbin, who has ridden the eight-year-old in all bar one of his 13 races - seven of which have been victories - remains convinced that the horse truly stays the distance.
Horse Power : Breeze can blow away Gold rivals by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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