Hay

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hay \Hay\, v. i.
     To cut and cure grass for hay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Hay \Hay\ (h[=a]), n. [AS. hege: cf. F. haie, of German origin.
     See {Haw} a hedge, {Hedge}.]
     1. A hedge. [Obs.]
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     2. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a
        rabbit. --Rowe.
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     {To dance the hay}, to dance in a ring. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hay \Hay\, v. i.
     To lay snares for rabbits. --Huloet.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hay \Hay\, n. [OE. hei, AS. h[=e]g; akin to D. hooi, OHG. hewi,
     houwi, G. heu, Dan. & Sw. h["o], Icel. hey, ha, Goth. hawi
     grass, fr. the root of E. hew. See {Hew} to cut.]
     Grass cut and cured for fodder.
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           Make hay while the sun shines.           --Camden.
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           Hay may be dried too much as well as too little. --C.
                                                    L. Flint.
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     {Hay cap}, a canvas covering for a haycock.
  
     {Hay fever} (Med.), nasal catarrh accompanied with fever, and
        sometimes with paroxysms of dyspn[oe]a, to which some
        persons are subject in the spring and summer seasons. It
        has been attributed to the effluvium from hay, and to the
        pollen of certain plants. It is also called {hay asthma},
        {hay cold}, {rose cold}, and {rose fever}.
  
     {Hay knife}, a sharp instrument used in cutting hay out of a
        stack or mow.
  
     {Hay press}, a press for baling loose hay.
  
     {Hay tea}, the juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as
        food for cattle, etc.
  
     {Hay tedder}, a machine for spreading and turning new-mown
        hay. See {Tedder}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hay
       n : grass mowed and cured for use as fodder

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  88 Moby Thesaurus words for "hay":
     DET, DMT, LSD, Mary Jane, STP, THC, acid, antidepressant,
     ataractic, barley, bird seed, bran, bring in, cat food,
     chicken feed, chop, corn, crop, crop herbs, cut, diethyltryptamine,
     dig, dimethyltryptamine, dog food, eatage, ensilage, feed, fodder,
     forage, gage, ganja, gather, gather in, glean, grabble, grain,
     grass, hallucinogen, harvest, hash, hashish, hemp, joint, kava,
     marijuana, mash, meal, mescal, mescal bean, mescal button,
     mescaline, mind-altering drug, mind-blowing drug,
     mind-expanding drug, morning glory seeds, mow, nut, oats,
     pasturage, pasture, pet food, peyote, pick, pluck, pot, provender,
     psilocin, psilocybin, psychedelic, psychic energizer,
     psychoactive drug, psychochemical, psychotomimetic, reap,
     reap and carry, reefer, roach, scratch, scratch feed, silage,
     slops, stick, straw, swill, tea, tranquilizer, weed, wheat
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Hay
     properly so called, was not in use among the Hebrews; straw was
     used instead. They cut the grass green as it was needed. The
     word rendered "hay" in Prov. 27:25 means the first shoots of the
     grass. In Isa. 15:6 the Revised Version has correctly "grass,"
     where the Authorized Version has "hay."