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paying [′pā·iŋ]
(naval architecture)
Filling the seams between planks with pitch, marine glue, or other material after the calking has been inserted.
Slackening away on rope or chain.
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The Wolf therefore, thinking that he had a capital opportunity, accused the Fox to the Lion of not paying any respect to him who had the rule over them all and of not coming to visit him.
Fables by Aesop View in context
Nobody could now buy a pound of tea without paying a tax to King George.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
For a while she had kept both herself and the child on the twelve shillings a week that twelve hours' drudgery a day procured her, paying six shillings out of it for the child, and keeping her own body and soul together on the remainder.
Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
 
 
 
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