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Fay In Webster's Dictionary

\Fay\, n. [F. f['e]e. See {Fate}, and cf. {Fairy}.] A fairy; an elf. ``Yellow-skirted fays.'' --Milton.
\Fay\, n. [OF. fei, F. foi. See {Faith}.] Faith; as, by my fay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\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.
\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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