PAY

pay. Pay, v.t. paid, payed, pret. and pa. to discharge a debt, atone, reward, suffer, beat, drub

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Pay (pā), v. t. [[OF. peier, fr. L. picare to pitch, pix pitch: cf. OF. peiz pitch, F. poix. See Pitch a black substance.]] (Naut.) To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.