a-stayadv.
/əˈsteɪ/ Nautical.
A phrase used of the anchor when, in heaving in, the cable is at an acute angle, so as to have a position similar to that of one of the ship's stays. Cf. a-peak adv.
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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adv.1867