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stay-ship
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 ‘re... Oxford English Dictionary
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remora
remora (ˈrɛmərə) [a. L. remora delay, hindrance (f. re- re- + mora delay), also occurring in Pliny Nat. Hist. xxxii. 1 as the L. name of the fish called ἐχενη{giumlacu}ς by the Greeks (but modern edd. prefer the reading mora): hence It., Sp., and Pg. remora, F. rémora, rémore (16th c.).] 1. The suck... Oxford English Dictionary
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stay
▪ I. stay, n.1 (steɪ) Also 4–5 stey(e, 5 stye, 5–6 staie, 6 staye. [OE. stæᵹ (? neut.) corresp. to Du. stag neut. and fem., staag neut., WFris. staech, LG. stach (16th c.), stag(g (E. Friesland), G. stag neut., ON. stag neut. (Da., Sw., Norw. stag, Icel. stag stay, clothes-line):—OTeut. *stago-, f. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Borges links this to Descartes' idea that monkeys stay silent to avoid having to work, and to a story by Argentinian author Lugones about a chimpanzee In ancient times, the remora was believed to stop a ship from sailing. In Latin, remora means "delay". wikipedia.org
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