pay2

 
Pronunciation: /peɪ/

verb (past and past participle payed)

[with object] Nautical
  • seal (the deck or seams of a wooden ship) with pitch or tar to prevent leakage: an open groove between the planks had to be payed by running in hot pitch from a special ladle

Origin:

early 17th century: from Old Northern French peier, from Latin picare, from pix, pic- 'pitch'