Fay

Quick meaning: Fay is a verb meaning (shipbuilding, intransitive) Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.

Meaning

(shipbuilding, intransitive) Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.

More Meanings

1. Fitted closely together.
2. A fairy.
3. Fairy-like.
4. (shipbuilding, transitive) To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that when it is assembled it will not leak.
5. (obsolete) To fit, to add.
6. (obsolete) To fadge.

Example Sentences

Ah, sirrah, by my fay, it waxes late. I'll to my rest.

that mighty Princesse did complaine / Of grieuous mischiefes, which a wicked Fay / Had wrought [...].

I really went for Ray's press roll on the drums; he was the first fay boy I ever heard who mastered this vital foundation of jazz music.

I have a strip cutter and I can cut the exact widths I need to fit, they are easy to fay together and attach very firmly to the bulkheads.

Word Forms

• fays
• faying
• fayed

Synonyms for fay

Depending on context, synonyms include affix, attach, put together, fairy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sprite, fey, auntie, fairy, elfin, cooper.

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