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stay
Law the suspension of a judicial proceeding, etc.
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stay
[stā] (engineering)
In a structure, a tensile member which holds other members of the structure rigidly in position.
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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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