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Pay.


Nautical.) a. To cover or fill with a water-proof composition or substance, as the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a mast, yard, or rope. The materials used are tar, pitch, tallow, resin, etc., or combinations of them.

Weather-decks are payed with marine glue; a solution of caoutchouc and shellac with naphtha.

Decks are payed with a ladle; seams, with a ladle or mop; other surfaces with a brush.

b. To fall off from the wind.

c. To run out a rope or cable.

Peach-parer.

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