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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

be·lay / biˈlā/ • v. [tr.] 1. fix (a running rope) around a cleat, pin, rock, or other object, to secure it. ∎ secure (a mountaineer) in this way: he belayed his partner across the ice. 2. [usu. in imper.] Nautical slang stop; enough!: “Belay that, mister. Man your post.” • n. 1. an act of belaying: the leader may require belays to tackle more difficult sections. 2. a spike of rock or other hard material used for belaying. DERIVATIVES: be·lay·er n.

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belay

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

belay †beset, surround OE.; (naut.) fasten a running rope round a pin, etc. XVI. OE. beleċġan = OHG. bileggen (G. belegen), f. BE- + leċġan LAY. From XVI a new formation; the current (naut.) sense seems to be after Du. beleggen.

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belay

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

belay biˈlā v.
1. fix (a running rope) around a cleat, pin, rock, or other object, to secure it.

2. slang stop; enough!: “Belay that, mister. Man your post.”

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belay

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

belay •affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, gay, Gaye, Genet, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea •ballet, Calais, chalet, Hallé, palais, pis aller •matchplay • parlay •cor anglais, franglais •melee, pappardelle, Pelé •endplay • Nestlé • airplay •belay, relay •replay • screenplay • Millais • inlay •misplay • cantabile • roundelay •teleplay • pipeclay • byplay • volet •bobsleigh • foreplay • swordplay •horseplay • outlay • paso doble •stroke play • soufflé • bouclé •gunplay • cabriolet • Rabelais •underlay • Beaujolais • Charolais •interplay • overlay • wordplay

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