Well, maybe.
I think you mean the word spelled "fey."
Also from the Encarta World English Dictionary:
fey 1.
(omitted)
2. SUPERNATURAL - relating to or typical of magic or the supernatural
3. CLAIRVOYANT - supposedly able to see into the future
4. SCOTLAND - DOOMED TO DIE [Old English faege,
Yeah, blame John! :)
For what it's worth, in the 25 years I have been involved in the
mechanical packaging design of electronic enclosures, I have never heard
of the word "faying". One can't help but wonder if someone just
misspelled "facing".
Bob Wilson
TIR Systems Ltd.
Vancouver.
-Origina
Greeting fellow vocabularians,
The root word, 'fay" is ancient Scottish, meaning to have the power of
prediction. Those of you that are fay may have seen this coming.
I wonder if anticipating grounding is similar to expecting volts.
Regards,
Alan Brewster
Senior Systems Safety Engineer
The Encarta World English Dictionary says:
Fay to join pieces of wood together tightly, or fit tightly inside
another piece of wood.
Do note this is a hard-cover dictionary, NOT an online one. I have not
(yet) looked online.
Cortland
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Ed,
Thank you. Especially the part blaming Woodgate.
My grandfather's name was Fay (son of Irish immigrant) and I always wondered
at the origin of that name.
- Robert -
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