fay(n = noun.person) faerie, faery, fairy, sprite - a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers; Array
is a kind of spiritual being, supernatural being
has particulars: brownie, elf, gremlin, hob, imp, pixie, pixy, fairy godmother, dwarf, gnome, morgan le fay, puck, robin goodfellow, oberson, titania, tooth fairy, water nymph, water spirit, water sprite
A fairy; an elf. Milton. [1913 Webster]
Faith; as, by my fay. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together. [1913 Webster]
To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in, into, with, or together. [1913 Webster]
fay, n. literary a fairy.
Etymology:
ME f. OF fae, faie f. L fata (pl.) the Fates
N Jupiter, god, goddess, heathen gods and goddesses, deva, Jupiter, Jove, pantheon, Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas, water nymph, wood nymph, Yama, Varuna, Zeus, Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha, Isis, Osiris, Ra, Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth, Thor, Odin, Mumbo Jumbo, good genius, tutelary genius, demiurge, familiar, sibyl, fairy, fay, sylph, sylphid, Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd, Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite, denizens of the air, pixy, mythology, heathen-mythology, fairy-mythology, Lempriere, folklore, god-like, fairy-like, sylph-like, sylphic, you moonshine revelers and shades of night.