stays

See also: Stays and staþs

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /steɪz/
Rhymes: -eɪz

Noun

stays

plural of stay
(plural only) A corset.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume XIII, London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292, book ix:
  (p. 502):
  Her face was whiter than snow, and her heart was throbbing through her stays.

Verb

stays

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stay

Anagrams

say'st, sayst

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