fay
fay is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A fairy; an elf. "Yellow-skirted fays." Milton.
- 2.Faith; as, by my fay. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3.To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.
- 4.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- and
- bad
- banshee
- cloud-compeller
- demiurge
- deva
- dryad
- fairy
- familiar
- folklore
- genius
- god
- goddess
- good
- hamadryad
- heathen
- kelpie
- mermaid
- moonshine
- mythology
- naiad
- nereid
- night
- nixie
- nymph
- oread
- pantheon
- peri
- pixy
- sibyl
- spirit
- sprite
- sylph
- sylphid
- the
- tutelary
- water
- wood
- you
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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