fay

Meanings

1. To fit, to add.
2. 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.
3. Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.
4. To fadge.

1. Fitted closely together.

1. A fairy.

1. Fairy-like.

1. faith

1. To cleanse; clean out.

1. A white person.

1. White; white-skinned.

1. An Anglo-Irish surname transferred from the nickname, Anglicized from de Fae a Norman family that settled in Ireland.
2. A surname from Irish, anglicized from Ó Fiaich and Ó Fathaigh. (see Fahey.)
3. A female given name, pet form of Faith or Frances; often used as a middle name.
4. A place name:
5. A commune in Orne department, Normandy, France.
6. A commune in Sarthe department, Pays de la Loire, France.
7. A commune in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France.
8. An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States.
9. A census-designated place in Dewey County, Oklahoma, United States.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (“to join, unite”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from *fōgō (“joint, slot”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to Saterland Frisian fougje (“to join, add”), West Frisian foegje (“to join, add”), Dutch voegen (“to add, place”), German Low German fögen (“to join, add”), German fügen (“to connect”), Old English fōn (“to catch”). More at fang.