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To pay out
(gcide) | Pay \Pay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paid (p[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Paying.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify,
appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See Peace.]
1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another
person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to
discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to
compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as,
to pay workmen or servants.
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May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy]. --P.
Plowman.
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[She] pays me with disdain. --Dryden.
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2. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite
according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or
retaliate upon.
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For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you. --B.
Jonson.
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3. To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving
or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or
value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a
debt by delivering (money owed). "Pay me that thou owest."
--Matt. xviii. 28.
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Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
--Matt. xviii.
26.
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If they pay this tax, they starve. --Tennyson.
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4. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render
duty, as that which has been promised.
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This day have I paid my vows. --Prov. vii.
14.
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5. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to
pay attention; to pay a visit.
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Not paying me a welcome. --Shak.
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To pay off.
(a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off
the crew of a ship.
(b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind.
(c) to bribe.
To pay one's duty, to render homage, as to a sovereign or
other superior.
To pay out (Naut.), to pass out; hence, to slacken; to
allow to run out; as, to pay out more cable. See under
Cable.
To pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
[Colloq.]
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To pay out the cable
(gcide) | Cable \Ca"ble\ (k[=a]"b'l), n. [F. c[^a]ble, LL. capulum,
caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G.
kabel, from the French. See Capable.]
1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length,
used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes.
It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.
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2. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with
some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of
a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.
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3. (Arch) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member
of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral
twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding.
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Bower cable, the cable belonging to the bower anchor.
Cable road, a railway on which the cars are moved by a
continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary
motor.
Cable's length, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the
merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or
more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is
either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600
feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile).
Cable tier.
(a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed.
(b) A coil of a cable.
Sheet cable, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
Stream cable, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower
cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and
heavy seas.
Submarine cable. See Telegraph.
To pay out the cable, To veer out the cable, to slacken
it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run
out of the hawse hole.
To serve the cable, to bind it round with ropes, canvas,
etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse,
et.
To slip the cable, to let go the end on board and let it
all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to
weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die.
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