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 Pax.Pay (To). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Pay (sea term).
 
To cover with pitch. (Latin, picare, to cover with pitch.)   1
   Here’s the devil to pay, and no pitch hot. (See under DEVIL.)   2
 


 Pax.Pay (To). 

 
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