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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fay \Fay\, n. [OF. fei, F. foi. See {Faith}.]
     Faith; as, by my fay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Fay \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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fay \Fay\, v. i. (Shipbuilding)
     To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in,
     into, with, or together.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fay \Fay\, n. [F. f['e]e. See {Fate}, and cf. {Fairy}.]
     A fairy; an elf. "Yellow-skirted fays." --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "fay":
     Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Finnbeara, Mab, Oberon, Titania, banshee,
     brownie, cluricaune, dwarf, elf, fairy, fairy queen, gnome, goblin,
     gremlin, hob, imp, kobold, leprechaun, ouphe, peri, pixie, pooka,
     puca, pwca, sprite, sylph, sylphid
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Fay, OK
    Zip code(s): 73646

















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