fay

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

fay, n. [F. fée. See Fate, and cf. Fairy.].

 A fairy; an elf.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

fay, n. [OF. fei, F. foi. See Faith.].

 Faith; as, by my fay.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

fay, v. t. [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.].

 To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.  [1913 Webster]

fay, v. i. 

 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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fay, n. literary a fairy.

Etymology

ME f. OF fae, faie f. L fata (pl.) the Fates

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

fay

Jupiter

N Jupiter, god, goddess, heathen gods and goddesses, deva, Jupiter, Jove, pantheon, Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas, water nymph, wood nymph, Yama, Varuna, Zeus, Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha, Isis, Osiris, Ra, Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth, Thor, Odin, Mumbo Jumbo, good genius, tutelary genius, demiurge, familiar, sibyl, fairy, fay, sylph, sylphid, Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd, Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite, denizens of the air, pixy, mythology, heathen-mythology, fairy-mythology, Lempriere, folklore, god-like, fairy-like, sylph-like, sylphic, you moonshine revelers and shades of night.