fay
IPA: fˈeɪ
noun
- A fairy.
- (US slang) A white person.
- An Anglo-Irish surname transferred from the nickname, Anglicized from de Fae a Norman family that settled in Ireland.
- A surname from Irish, anglicized from Ó Fiaich and Ó Fathaigh. (see Fahey.)
- A female given name, pet form of Faith or Frances; often used as a middle name.
verb
- (obsolete) To fit.
- (shipbuilding, transitive) To join (pieces of timber) tightly.
- (shipbuilding, intransitive) Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.
- (obsolete) To fadge.
- (dialectal) To cleanse; clean out.
adjective
- Fairy like.
- Fitted closely together.
- (US slang) White; white-skinned.
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