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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fay \Fay\, n. [F. f['e]e. See {Fate}, and cf {Fairy}.] A fairy; an elf. ``Yellow-skirted fays.'' --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fay \Fay\, n. [OF. fei, F. foi. See {Faith}.] Faith; as by my fay. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fay \Fay\, v. i. (Shipbuilding) To lie close together; to fit to fadge; -- often with in into with or together. {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. From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Fay, OK Zip code(s): 73646
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