Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fairy or an elf.
- transitive & intransitive verb To join or fit closely or tightly.
- noun Faith.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Faith; fidelity; loyalty.
- About to die; fated; doomed; particularly, on the verge of a sudden or violent death.
- Dying; dead.
- To join; put together; fit together; frame.
- Specifically
- To fit (two pieces of timber) together, so as to lie close and fair; fit.
- To put to; apply so as to touch or cover.
- To fit; suit; unite closely. Specifically
- In ship-building, to fit or lie close together, as two pieces of wood. Thus, a plank is said to fay to the timbers when there is no perceptible space between them.
- To suit the requirements of the case; be fit for the purpose; do.
- To cleanse; clean out, as a ditch.
- noun A fairy; an elf. See
fairy . - noun Synonyms Elf, etc. See
fairy . - noun A Middle English form of
foe .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb (Shipbuilding) To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with
in ,into ,with , ortogether . - intransitive verb 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.
- transitive verb (Shipbuilding) To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.
- noun obsolete Faith.
- noun A fairy; an elf.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
fit . - verb To
join orunite closely or tightly. - verb To lie close together.
- verb To
fadge . - noun US slang A
white person. - adjective US slang
White . - noun A
fairy ; anelf . - verb dialectal To
cleanse ;clean out .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Are you coming to the blue moon?" called the fay, and his voice whistled and shrewed to them like the voice of a wind.
The Blue Moon Laurence Housman 1912
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The papers contained in the following colledion will, he is perfuaded, convince the public, that he has very much to fay, that is both ftriking and new.
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The sharp reprimand was not lost upon her, and in time it came to pass that for "fay" she said "succeed"; that she no longer spoke of
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 1884
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The pradlice of flowing fo many miferable crea - tures in one bed is to be aboliihcd, and furcly upon the beft of principles, for no man who reafons for a moment can hefi - tate to fay which is preferable, to make a few happy, or to render many com - pletely wretched.
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Tiofe therefore that have obftrv'd the com - mon occafions of Duels, have not unfitly di - vided them between * Wine and Women j it being hard to fay which is the moft intoxi - cating and befotting.
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Thanks for ordering some savon here. ébouriffé (e) (ay-boor-ee-fay) adjective
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Thanks for ordering some savon here. ébouriffé (e) (ay-boor-ee-fay) adjective
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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I think she is afraid of dealing with the financial crisis that every state is facing at this time ... she's giving up rather then facing the people ... classy as usual. fay
Palin to step down as governor, not seeking re-election 2009
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Those fearless enforcers of the law will probably lead two deputies and fifty TV cameramen into some strip club and arrest a few dancers. fay perseo
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We love them because all of us (my mom, husband, and I) can go and see what is on the agenda for the fay.
Guest Author - Yasmine Galenorn Nalini Singh 2009
fbharjo commented on the word fay
fay a little used (obsolete), but perhaps more appropriate word for faith: seems more a verb than a noun: was its usage diminished or lost during the enlightenment when we changed much into nouns from verbs: “Sirrah, by my fay, it waxes late�? (Shakespeare).
January 16, 2007
qroqqa commented on the word fay
Breathing hurts in weather that cold, but whatever the problems of being winterbound in the City they put up with them because it is worth anything to be on Lenox Avenue safe from fays and the things they think up;
—Toni Morrison, Jazz
short for 'ofay', US black slang for a white person, of much-guessed etymology
December 19, 2008