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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



... he pleased to the lighthouse rock. For Captain January was not fond of visitors, and gave them no encouragement to come, Bob Peet being the single exception to the rule. The Captain liked Bob because he was not "given to clatter," and "knew how to belay his jaw." ...
— Captain January • Laura E. Richards
... hearties!" exclaimed the man in a gruff but not unpleasant voice. "What are you trying to cross my bows for in this fashion? That's no way to run, not showing a masthead light or even blowing a whistle. Avast and belay! You might have sunk me if I didn't happen to be a ...
— Bob the Castaway • Frank V. Webster
... 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
... back a little, but keep a firm grip of it. That is right!" he shouted, as he twisted the slack of the rope over the cleet. "Now, lads, down with the tack; down with it! Belay!" ...
— At Aboukir and Acre - A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt • George Alfred Henty
... instant the gaskets were off and the bunt dropped. "Sheet home the fore royal!— Weather sheet's home!''— "Lee sheet's home!''— "Hoist away, sir!'' is bawled from aloft. "Overhaul your clew-lines!'' shouts the mate. "Aye, aye, sir! all clear!''— "Taut leech! belay! Well the lee brace; haul taut to windward,''— and the royals are set. These brought us up again; but, the wind continuing light, the California set hers, and it was soon evident that she was walking ...
— Two Years Before the Mast • Richard Henry Dana


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


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