pay

IPA(Pronunciation)

/peɪ/

Verb

transitive

(nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

Japanese Meaning

（船舶の船底、継ぎ目、スパーなどに）タールやピッチ、またはロウ、樹脂などを混ぜた防水性のある合成物を塗る

What is this buttons?

Before the voyage, the crew pay the seams of the hull with hot pitch to make the ship watertight.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

出航前に、乗組員たちは船底の継ぎ目を熱いピッチで塗って船を防水にした。

Details

Sense（1）

(nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

pays

（ present singular third-person ）

paying

（ participle present ）

payed

（ participle past ）

payed

（ past ）

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