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Word: Pay
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
early 17th century: from Old Northern French peier, from Latin picare, from pix, pic- ‘pitch’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
peɪ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
seal (the deck or seams of a wooden ship) with pitch or tar to prevent leakage
Short Definition:seal with pitch or tar to prevent leakage
Examples:- an open groove between the planks had to be payed by running in hot pitch from a special ladle
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