▪ I. stayed, a.
(steɪd)
[f. stay n.2 + -ed2.]
Provided with stays. Also stayed-up.
| 1819 Metropolis III. 174 A fourth stayed, and, perhaps, painted, male, smiles. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Feb. 5/1 A stayed-up woman affected their impressionable and well⁓educated eyes as something monstrously ugly and absurd. Japanese dress is beautiful and so easy. |
▪ II. stayed, ppl. a.1 rare.
(steɪd)
[f. stay v.1 + -ed2.]
In senses of the verb.
| c 1586 C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxxviii. ix, The raked sparkes in flame began t'appeare, And staied choller fresh again to move. |
▪ III. stayed, ppl. a.2
(steɪd)
See also staid a.
[f. stay v.2 + -ed1.]
In senses of the verb. Hence stayedness (ˈsteɪɪdnɪs).
| 1845 J. J. Gurney in Mem. (1854) II. 455 The soul is stayed on him, and finds a sure shelter. Somewhat of this blessed stayedness, this sweet shelter, has, I hope, been experienced. 1860 Pusey Min. Proph. 416 Since this stayedness of faith is in everything the source of the life of the righteous. |