fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite
(noun) a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• (to join or unite closely): affix, attach, put together; see also join
fay (comparative more fay, superlative most fay)
Fitted closely together.
fay (third-person singular simple present fays, present participle faying, simple past and past participle fayed)
(dialectal) To cleanse; clean out.
fay (plural fays)
A fairy.
• See fairy
fay (comparative more fay, superlative most fay)
Fairy like.
fay (plural fays)
(US slang) A white person.
fay (comparative more fay, superlative most fay)
(US slang) White; white-skinned.
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Fay
An Anglo-Irish surname, Anglicized from de Fae a Norman family that settled in Ireland.
An Irish surname, anglicized from Ă“ Fiaich and Ă“ Fathaigh.
A female given name, pet form of Faith or Frances; often used as a middle name.
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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. fĂĽgen, 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
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.