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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

fay
    n 1: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical
         powers [syn: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fay \Fay\, v. i. (Shipbuilding)
   To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in,
   into, with, or together.
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   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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fay \Fay\, n. [F. f['e]e. See Fate, and cf. Fairy.]
   A fairy; an elf. "Yellow-skirted fays." --Milton.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fay \Fay\, n. [OF. fei, F. foi. See Faith.]
   Faith; as, by my fay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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Thesaurus Results for Fay:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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