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▪ I. stayer1|ˈsteɪə(r)|
[f. stay v.1 + -er1.]
1. One who stays or remains. Chiefly with advb. phrase, as in stayer at home.
1591R. Turnbull St. James 121 He that meeteth a way⁓fairing man, farre from al path or highway, wandring; and saith, go aright: yet teacheth not which hand he must turne on,..helpeth the staier nothing towardes his proposed iourney. 1729Swift Direct. Serv., Gen. (1745) 11 The Stayer at home may be comforted by a Visit from a Sweet-heart. 1788Cowper Let. to Mrs. King 28 Aug., I found you out to be sedentary, at least much a stayer within doors. 1805W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. (1813) II. 72 My father is not very fond of long stayers, and I have more than once been obliged to interrupt the visits of friends of mine. 1851Helps Comp. Solit. viii. (1874) 144 A dignity such as the stayers at home never attained. 1853R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour (1893) 235 He seemed to think that, being a stayer, he was a superior being to the mere dinner-comers.
b. Sport. A person or animal having great ‘staying power’.
1862Sporting Mag. May 381 Asteroid proved to be another of the Stockwell stayers. 1874Slang Dict. 309 Stayer, one likely to persevere, one not easily discouraged. 1887Shearman Athletics 137 He could have beaten the [walking] record for seven miles, as he was a fine stayer.
2. One who or something which stops or restrains.
1597Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 697 For they ar the stayer Of vs, alsweill as he. c1610Sir J. Melvil Mem. (Bannatyne Club) 350 Sa that they wha past betwen mycht appear to be..stayers of bludscheding. 1722,1840[see stayer2 b]. 1876Morris Sigurd iv. 378 No stirrer nor stayer of strife.
▪ II. stayer2|ˈsteɪə(r)|
[f. stay v.2 + -er1.]
One who stays or supports.
1579–80North Plutarch, Theseus (1595) 19 Gæiochus..by interpretation doth signifie..the stayer of the earth.
b. With reference to the title of Jupiter Stator.
In quots. 1722 and 1840 interpreted as stayer1 2.
1611B. Jonson Catiline iv. ii, Thou Iupiter, whom we do call the Stayer Both of this Citie, and this Empire. [1722A. Philips Briton i. i, May Jove, the Guardian of the Capitol, He, the great Stayer of our Troops in Rout, Fulfill your Hopes. 1840Arnold Hist. Rome xxxiii. II. 349 The consul vowed to build a temple to Jove the stayer of flight.]
▪ III. stayer
obs. form of stair. |