Ed,
Thank you. Especially the part blaming Woodgate.
My grandfather's name was Fay (son of Irish immigrant) and I always wondered
at the origin of that name.
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From: Price, Ed <[email protected]>
To: 'EMC-PSTC List' <[email protected]>
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Date: Monday, April 01, 2002 7:13 AM
Subject: Faying
>
>A couple of weeks ago, there was a thread discussing bonding techniques for
>ground studs. I suggested that MIL-B-5087 had some nice drawings showing
>typical accepted military practices. Of course, MIL-B-5087 has been
>superseded by MIL-STD-464, but you can still find electronic copies of
>MIL-B-5087.
>
>Jacob Shanker read through all of the 464 sections on Bonding, and then
>asked me if I knew what the term "faying" meant. It seems that MIL-STD-464
>uses that term without any definition, as if it's a very common American
>English word. IMHO, I consider myself to possess a rather decent
vocabulary.
>But "faying" left me puzzled, even after closely reading the context of the
>several citings in MIL-STD-464. It's certainly not in any common usage in
my
>part of the world. I certainly wouldn't want to call something "faying" at
>any typical US military base. So, off to the dictionary web sites.
>
>1. Britannica says: "not found".
>2. Merriam Webster says: Main Entry: fay // Pronunciation: 'fA // Function:
>verb
> Etymology: Middle English feien, from Old English fEgan; akin to Old
High
>German fuogen to fit, Latin pangere to fasten
> Date: before 12th century : to fit or join closely or tightly
>3. Harcourt's Metallurgy Engineering Dictionary says: faying surface //
>Metallurgy: the interface between two metallic parts that are to be joined.
>4. Finally, turning to Google in desperation for a simple explanation, I
>find pictures at:
>http://www.offroaders.com/info/tech-corner/reading/bolt-tension/bolt_tensio
n
>.htm
>
>So after all this searching, I find that MIL-STD-464 "faying" is just a
12th
>Century Old English way to say "facing" or "mating" surfaces. I'm not sure
>how he did it, but I suspect John Woodgate is to blame for this.
>
>Regards,
>
>Ed
>
>
>Ed Price
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