Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fay"
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.
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