'Faying surface' definitions:

Definition of 'Faying surface'

From: GCIDE
  • Fay \Fay\, v. i. (Shipbuilding) To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in, into, with, or together. [1913 Webster]
  • Faying surface, that surface of an object which comes with another object to which it is fastened; -- said of plates, angle irons, etc., that are riveted together in shipwork. [1913 Webster]