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. |