Stay"sail` (?), n. (Naut.) Any sail extended on a stay.
Stay"ship` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by
attaching itself to them.
Stead (?), n. [OE. stede place, AS. stede; akin to LG. & D. stede, OS.
stad, stedi, OHG. stat, G. statt, stätte, Icel. staðr, Dan. sted, Sw.
stad, Goth. sta&?;s, and E. stand. √163. See Stand, and cf.
Staith, Stithy.] 1. Place, or spot, in general. [Obs., except in
composition.] Chaucer.
Fly, therefore, fly this fearful stead anon.
Spenser.
2. Place or room which another had, has, or might have. "Stewards of
your steads." Piers Plowman.
In stead of bounds, he a pillar set.
Chaucer.