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FAY
fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite
(noun) a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
fay (third-person singular simple present fays, present participle faying, simple past and past participle fayed)
To fit.
To join or unite closely or tightly.
To lie close together.
To fadge.
Synonyms
• (to join or unite closely): affix, attach, put together; see also join
Adjective
fay (comparative more fay, superlative most fay)
Fitted closely together.
Etymology 2
Verb
fay (third-person singular simple present fays, present participle faying, simple past and past participle fayed)
(dialectal) To cleanse; clean out.
Etymology 3
Noun
fay (plural fays)
A fairy.
Synonyms
• See fairy
Adjective
fay (comparative more fay, superlative most fay)
Fairy like.
Etymology 4
Noun
fay (plural fays)
(US slang) A white person.
Adjective
fay (comparative more fay, superlative most fay)
(US slang) White; white-skinned.
Anagrams
• FYA
Proper noun
Fay
An Anglo-Irish surname, Anglicized from de Fae a Norman family that settled in Ireland.
An Irish surname, anglicized from Ó Fiaich and Ó Fathaigh.
A female given name, pet form of Faith or Frances; often used as a middle name.
Anagrams
• FYA
Source: Wiktionary
Fay, n. Etym: [F. fée. See Fate, and cf. Fairy.]
Definition: A fairy; an elf. "Yellow-skirted fays." Milton.
Fay, n. Etym: [OF. fei, F. foi. See Faith.]
Definition: Faith; as, by my fay. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fay (fa), v. t. [imp. & p. p. fayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Faying.] Etym: [OE. feien, v.t. & i., AS. fegan to join, unite; akin to OS. fogian, D. voegen, OHG. fuogen, G. fügen, Sw. foga. See Fair, and cf. Fadge.] (Shipbuilding)
Definition: To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.
Fay, v. i. (Shipbuilding)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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