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Webster 1913 Edition
Fay
Fay
(fā)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
fayed
(fād)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Faying
.] [OE.
feien
, v.t. & i., AS. fēgan
to join, unite; akin to OS. fōgian
, D. voegen
, OHG. fuogen
, G. fügen
, 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
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fay
FAY
,Noun.
FAY
,Verb.
I.
To fit; to suit; to unite closely with. [This is a contraction of the Teutonic word, and the same as fadge, which see. It is not an elegant word.]