fay
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(obsolete)To fit, to add.
- 2.
(transitive)(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.
(intransitive)(shipbuilding, intransitive) Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.
- 4.
(obsolete)To fadge.
- 5.
(dialectal)To cleanse; clean out.
Tính từ
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.
- 2.
Fairy-like.
- 3.
(US, slang)(US slang) White; white-skinned.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A fairy.
- 2.
faith
- 3.
(US, slang)(US slang) A white person.
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Nguồn gốc từ
Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (to join, unite), from *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (to join), from *fōgō (joint, slot), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (to fasten, place). Akin to fougje, foegje, voegen, fögen, fügen, fōn. More at fang.