stay (n.) Old form(s): staie
setback, obstacle, delay
KJ II.i.455.2[Bastard to himself, of Hubert's suggestion] Here's a stay / That shakes the rotten carcass of old death / Out of his rags!
Luc.328[]those bars which stop the hourly dial, / Who with a lingering stay his course doth let
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