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[syn: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fay \Fay\, v. i. (Shipbuilding)
To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in,
into, with, or together.
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Faying surface, that surface of an object which comes with
another object to which it is fastened; -- said of plates,
angle irons, etc., that are riveted together in shipwork.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fay \Fay\, n. [F. f['e]e. See Fate, and cf. Fairy.]
A fairy; an elf. "Yellow-skirted fays." --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fay \Fay\, n. [OF. fei, F. foi. See Faith.]
Faith; as, by my fay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fay \Fay\ (f[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. fayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Faying.] [OE. feien, v.t. & i., AS. f[=e]gan to join,
unite; akin to OS. f[=o]gian, D. voegen, OHG. fuogen, G.
f["u]gen, Sw. foga. See Fair, and cf. Fadge.]
(Shipbuilding)
To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so
as to make the surface fit together.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fay
n 1: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical
powers [syn: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "fay":
Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Finnbeara, Mab, Oberon, Titania, banshee,
brownie, cluricaune, dwarf, elf, fairy, fairy queen, gnome, goblin,
gremlin, hob, imp, kobold, leprechaun, ouphe, peri, pixie, pooka,
puca, pwca, sprite, sylph, sylphid