Definitions for: Fay

Webster (1913) Definition: 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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