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† ˈsunstay Obs. rare.
[f. sun n.1 + stay n.3; transl. L. sōlstitium solstice.]
= next.
stay of the sun was in use earlier: see stay n.3 3 c.
1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. (1586) 40 b, Varro sayth, that the best tyme for Haruest, is betwixt the Sunne⁓stay, and the Dogge dayes. 1625Lisle Du Bartas, Noe 177 The Sunne is at highest of this kinde a little after the Sunstay of Summer, and at the lowest soone after the Winter Sunstay. |