Definition of "fay" in English

verb

1. (obsolete) To fit.

2. (shipbuilding, transitive) 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. (shipbuilding, intransitive) Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.

4. (obsolete) To fadge.

adjective

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.

adjective

1. Fairy-like.

verb

1. (dialectal) To cleanse; clean out.

noun

1. (US slang) A white person.

adjective

1. (US slang) White; white-skinned.