pay


4pay

verb
payed also paidpay·ing

Definition of PAY

transitive verb
: to coat with a waterproof composition

Origin of PAY

obsolete French peier, from Latin picare, from pic-, pix pitch — more at pitch
First Known Use: 1627

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