Stay vs Corn - What's the difference?
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(nautical) A strong rope supporting a mast, and leading from the head of one mast down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
(chain-cable) The transverse piece in a link.
(nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
(nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.
(nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
* (Bible), (w) xvii. 12
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
* (Richard Hooker) (1554-1600)
To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
To hold the attention of.
To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To wait for; await.
To rest; depend; rely.
* (w) 30:12, (w)
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
To come to an end; cease.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
To make a stand; stand.
To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end.
To remain in a particular place, especially for an indefinite time; sojourn; abide.
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
* (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (1807-1882)
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, title= To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
To continue to have a particular quality.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
, volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
* Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
(obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To cause to cease; to put an end to.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (Ralph Waldo Emerson) (1803-1882)
To fasten or secure with stays.
A prop; a support.
* Milton
* Addison
* Coleridge
(archaic) A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
That which holds or restrains; obstacle; check; hindrance; restraint.
A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
* Milton
* Hayward
(archaic) A standstill; a state of rest; entire cessation of motion or progress.
A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn.
(nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
* Herbert
* Francis Bacon
* Philips
A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
(obsolete) Hindrance; let; check.
* Robynson (More's Utopia)
Steep; ascending.
(of a roof) Steeply pitched.
Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
Steeply.
(British, uncountable) The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales.
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, passage= I found that we had nearly a hundred bushels of corn , including wheat, maize, and barley, to add to our store.}}
(US, Canada, Australia, uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays .
* {{quote-book, 1809, Edward Augustus Kendall, Travels Through the Northern Parts of the United States
, passage=The planting or sowing of maize, exclusively called corn , was just accomplished on the Town Hill, when I reached it.}}
A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
A small, hard particle.
* Bishop Hall:
* Beaumont and Fletcher:
(US, Canada) To granulate; to form a substance into grains.
(US, Canada) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef
(US, Canada) To provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.
To render intoxicated.
A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
* Shakespeare
(US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
* 1975 , Tschirlie, Backpacker magazine,
* 1986 , Linda Martin and Kerry Segrave, Women in Comedy? ,
* 2007 , Bob L. Cox, Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman: an East Tennessee old-time music pioneer and his musical family ,
(uncountable) short for corn snow . A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and re-freezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
As nouns the difference between stay and corn
is that stay is (nautical) a strong rope supporting a mast, and leading from the head of one mast down to some other, or other part of the vessel or stay can be a prop; a support while corn is drinking horn, flagon.As a verb stay
is (nautical) to incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays or stay can be to prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.As an adjective stay
is steep; ascending.As an adverb stay
is steeply.stay
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- The engineer insisted on using stays for the scaffolding.
Synonyms
*Derived terms
* backstay * bobstay * forestay * jackstay * mainstay * staylace * stayless * staymaker * stayman * staysail * stayship * triatic stayVerb
(en verb)- stay a mast
- to stay ship
Etymology 2
From (etyl) steyen, staien, from (etyl) estayer, . More at (l), (l). Sense of "remain, continue" may be due to later influence from (etyl) ester, , from the same Proto-Indo-European root above; however, derivation from this root is untenable based on linguistic and historical groundsWhitney, Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia , stay.. An alternative etymology derives (etyl) estaye, estaie, from Old (etyl) . More at (l), (l).Verb
(en verb)- Your ships are stay'd at Venice.
- This business staid me in London almost a week.
- I was willing to stay my reader on an argument that appeared to me new.
- Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side.
- Sallows and reedsfor vineyards useful found / To stay thy vines.
- all that may stay their minds from thinking that true which they heartily wish were false
- She will not stay the siege of loving terms, / Nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes.
- Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon.
- I stay here on my bond.
- That day the storm stayed .
- Here my commission stays .
- I must stay a little on one action.
- That horse stays well.
- She would command the hasty sun to stay .
- Stay , I command you; stay and hear me first.
- I stay a little longer, as one stays / To cover up the embers that still burn.
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- I'll tell thee all my whole device / When I am in my coach, which stays for us.
- The father cannot stay any longer for the fortune.
- The flames augment, and stay / At their full height, then languish to decay.
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- He has devoured a whole loaf of bread and butter, and it has not staid his stomach for a minute.
- I stay dinner there.
- Stay your strife.
- For flattering planets seemed to say / This child should ills of ages stay .
- to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler
Derived terms
* bestay * forestay * forstay * gainstay * here to stay * offstay * onstay * outstay * overstay * stay-at-home * stay behind * stay-button * stayer * stay hungry * stay on * stay over * stay put * stay the course * stay up * * understay * unstay * unstayed * upstaySee also
* abide * belive * continue * dwell * live * remain * resideReferences
Etymology 3
From (etyl) *. See above.Noun
(en noun)- My only strength and stay .
- Trees serve as so many stays for their vines.
- Lord Liverpool is the single stay of this ministry.
- Made of sphere metal, never to decay / Until his revolution was at stay .
- Affairs of state seemed rather to stand at a stay .
- stand at a stay
- The governor granted a stay of execution.
- I hope you enjoyed your stay in Hawaii.
- Not grudging that thy lust hath bounds and stays .
- The wisdom, stay , and moderation of the king.
- With prudent stay he long deferred / The rough contention.
- Where are the stays for my collar?
- They were able to read good authors without any stay , if the book were not false.
Derived terms
* gay for the stay * staycationEtymology 4
From (etyl) , see (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l), (l)Adjective
(en-adj)Adverb
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* 1000 English basic wordscorn
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , and (etyl) (m).Noun
(en-noun)citation
- He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.
- corn of sand
- a corn of powder
Derived terms
* corn bunting * cornflour * cornmeal * cornstarch * peppercorn * sweetcornSee also
(other words for grain) * barley * cereal * grain * maize * oats * rye * wheatVerb
(en verb)- to corn gunpowder
- Corn the horses.
- ale strong enough to corn one
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m) (modern (etyl) (m)). (wikipedia corn)Noun
(en noun)- Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes / Unplagued with corns , will have a bout with you.
Synonyms
* clavusHyponyms
* callusEtymology 3
This use was first used in 1932, as corny, something appealing to country folk.Noun
(-)- He had a sharp wit, true enough, but also a good, healthy mountaineer's love of pure corn , the slapstick stuff, the in-jokes that get funnier with every repetition and never amuse anybody who wasn't there.
- There were lots of jokes on the show and they were pure corn , but the audience didn't mind.
- The bulk of this humor was pure corn , but as hillbilly material it was meant to be that way.