stay-ship
(ˈsteɪʃɪp)
[f. stay v.1]
= remora.
| 1567, 1601 [see remora 1]. 1585 Higins Junius' Nomencl. 66 Echeneis, remora,..a stay ship, because it will cleaue close and fast to the keele of y⊇ ship, and hinder it in course. 1884 Goode Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim. 355 Several species of ‘stay-ships’ or ‘remoras’ occur on our coast. |