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- verb Present participle of
fay .
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Examples
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I was racking my brain faying to remember what happened at times like Harvest Festival and Easter.
Bravo-Two-Zero McNab, Andy 1993
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I affured him no, faying I was Panugaga, that is of their nation, for which he was pleased.
Crooked Trails Frederic Remington 1885
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In spot, seam, and projection welding, the gap surrounding the weld between faying surfaces, after the joint has been welded.
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After travelling fome diftance into the country, enquiring of every one they faw for Otoo, Tee flopped all at once, and advifed the captain to return, faying, that Otoo was gone to the mountains, and he would proceed and tell him that he (the captain) was ftili his friend.
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In the mean time came there two other men, who without exprefling any diffatisfaftion or furprife, continued all night in the hut; but foon as dawn began to break, upon faying a few words, in an indant every one took to flight, man, woman, and child; the children even fcampering away with greater fpeed than the reft.
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Augiift. ad Crefconium Grammaticum faith alfo ex - 44 prefly, That if there be among good miniftres one letter then an other, the Sacrament is no better given by the better; and it is no worfe gyven by an evell man, Ther is for this purpofe a goodly faying of Eufebius Emiilenus, which was much per - fecuted by the Aryans.
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Neither can it be neceifary to go now into the fubjeft of Indian Expenditure, although it is impoflible, after the notice taken of it in your letter, to omit faying, that the Court feel with the livelieft folicitude, how indii - peufable it is to reduce that article far below the income, and are determined to ad accordingly.
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Nay in fome inftances they would glory over their tormentors, faying that their hearts would never be foft until they were cold, and re - prefenting their torments as fweet as Englilhmen's fu - gar.
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This being more than was expeded, his holi - ncfs feemed agreeably furprifpd 5 raifed the duke with a fniile, and converfed with him in an obliging manner, faying fomething to each of the company.
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of ... 1797
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To fay, then, that Abraham nianifefted his friend - fhip to God, by his love to him, is only faying, that he manifefted his love by his love, his friend - fhip by his friendfhip, or that he was a friend to God.
Twenty four sermons on various useful subjects Williams, Nehemiah, 1748-1796 1797
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