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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1632
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Staying, ppl. adj. [Stay v.1] That stays or endures, capable of resisting attack. —1632 Ancram & Loth. Corr. I 66.
Yow must alwayes remember never to weaken the tower, but leave it as strong as yow can, to keepe in a mister for a sure staying house, with the iron gate befor … and all the yron wyndowes kept in it
