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pay (2)

pay [ pay ] (past and past participle payed, present participle pay·ing, 3rd person present singular pays)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
waterproof hull: to make a ship's hull waterproof with pitch or tar

[Early 17th century. Via Old French peier< Latin picare< pix "pitch"]
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