astay

See also: astaþ

English

Etymology

a- + stay?

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈsteɪ/

Adverb

astay (not comparable)

  1. (nautical) Of an anchor, such that in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for astay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

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Alternative forms

Noun

astay

  1. relation
Declension

Verb

astay

  1. (transitive) to transport, cart, bring, carry (in conveyance)
Conjugation

Verb

astay

  1. (transitive) to whip, hit
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