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fay
UK /feɪ/ US /feɪ/
verb 5name 5adj 3noun 2
Definitions
verb
1
To fit, to add.
2
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.
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.
3
Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.
4
To fadge.
adj
1
Fitted closely together.
Under the four outer corners of the horizontal frame platform 22 are four tubular leg sleeves 23 that are fay together one at each outer corner.
noun
1
A fairy.
that mighty Princesse did complaine / Of grieuous mischiefes, which a wicked Fay / Had wrought [...].
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