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Belay   Listen
verb
Belay  v. t.  (past & past part. belaid, belayed; pres. part. belaying)  
1.
To lay on or cover; to adorn. (Obs.) "Jacket... belayed with silver lace."
2.
(Naut.) To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel.
3.
To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct. (Obs.)
Belay thee! Stop.





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"Belay" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Belay there!" Lying Bill shouted at Hallman. "You don't know Llewellyn like I do. How about the tupapau, the bloody ghosts? You forget that Llewellyn's a quarter Kanaka, an' born 'ere. All that German university stuff ain't no good against the tupapau. Suppose you were ...
— Mystic Isles of the South Seas. • Frederick O'Brien
... Sowles, this man and his group appear to possess an instinct or faculty that could make the difference between success and failure. Everett, belay the commentary and look sharp: This is your chance at ...
— Telempathy • Vance Simonds
... my boys, belay all that; now to our stations; Jacob on the look-out, Tom to his frying-pan, and I to ...
— Jacob Faithful • Captain Frederick Marryat
... Avast and belay there! Take in the topgallants, wind up the mizzenmast and reef the cleets! This is Tobias Wooden-Leg plowing his way through a high sea ...
— A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago • Ben Hecht
... "Pipe belay," said the captain. "Falcon," continued he, "if she breaks off again we may have no room to wear; indeed, there is so little room now, that I must run the risk. Which cable was ranged ...
— Great Sea Stories • Various
... "Belay that talk, John Silver," he said. "This crew has tipped you the black spot in full council, as in dooty bound; just you turn it over, as in dooty bound, and see what's wrote there. ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... She wavers! Now let her go about! If she misses stays and broaches to We're all"—[then with a shout,] "Huray! huray! Avast! belay! Take in more sail! Lor! what a gale! Ho, boy, haul taut on ...
— Successful Recitations • Various
... ye'll help them wi' skirling that gate like an auld skart before a flaw o' weather?Steenie, lad, bring up the mastOd, I'se hae them up as we used to bouse up the kegs o' gin and brandy lang syneGet up the pickaxe, make a step for the mastmake the chair fast with the rattlinhaul taught and belay!" ...
— The Antiquary, Complete • Sir Walter Scott


Words linked to "Belay" :   fix, secure, fasten


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