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Webster 1913 Edition

Upstay

Up-stay′

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Verb.

T.

To sustain; to support.

[Obs.]

“His massy spear upstayed.”

Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Upstay

UPSTA'Y

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Verb.

T.

[up and stay.] To sustain; to support.