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Thresor de la langue françoyse. Jean Nicot.
Thresor de la langue françoyse. Jean Nicot.
estayer — Estayer. v. a. Appuyer avec des estayes. Estayer une maison, une muraille. on a bien estayé ce bastiment, il ne tombera pas … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Staid — Stay Stay (st[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stayed} (st[=a]d) or {Staid} (st[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Staying}.] [OF. estayer, F. [ e]tayer to prop, fr. OF. estai, F. [ e]tai, a prop, probably fr. OD. stade, staeye, a prop, akin to E. stead; or cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stay — (st[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stayed} (st[=a]d) or {Staid} (st[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Staying}.] [OF. estayer, F. [ e]tayer to prop, fr. OF. estai, F. [ e]tai, a prop, probably fr. OD. stade, staeye, a prop, akin to E. stead; or cf. stay a rope … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stayed — Stay Stay (st[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stayed} (st[=a]d) or {Staid} (st[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Staying}.] [OF. estayer, F. [ e]tayer to prop, fr. OF. estai, F. [ e]tai, a prop, probably fr. OD. stade, staeye, a prop, akin to E. stead; or cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Staying — Stay Stay (st[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stayed} (st[=a]d) or {Staid} (st[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Staying}.] [OF. estayer, F. [ e]tayer to prop, fr. OF. estai, F. [ e]tai, a prop, probably fr. OD. stade, staeye, a prop, akin to E. stead; or cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To stay a mast — Stay Stay (st[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stayed} (st[=a]d) or {Staid} (st[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Staying}.] [OF. estayer, F. [ e]tayer to prop, fr. OF. estai, F. [ e]tai, a prop, probably fr. OD. stade, staeye, a prop, akin to E. stead; or cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stay — stay1 /stay/, v., stayed or staid, staying, n. v.i. 1. to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years. 2. to continue to be as specified, as to condition or state: to stay clean. 3 … Universalium
démancher — 1. (dé man ché) v. a. 1° Ôter le manche d un instrument. 2° Fig. Disloquer, désunir. 3° V. n. Terme de musique. C est dans les instruments à manche, comme le violon, le violoncelle, la guitare, quitter le manche, sortir du manche, qui est… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
friponner — (fri po né) v. a. Escroquer en fripon. • ....Oui, tu m as friponné Mon coeur infriponnable, oeil émerillonné, SCARRON Don Japhet, II, 1. • Qu est ce à dire ? ne craignez vous pas que je vous friponne votre billet ?, DANCOURT Bourg. à la mode … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
stay — English has three distinct words stay, two of them ultimately from the same source. Stay ‘stop’ [15] comes from estai , the present stem of Old French ester ‘stand, stop’. This in turn went back to Latin stāre ‘stand’ (source of English state,… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins