FAY

fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite

(noun) a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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