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HAY, n. Grass cut and dried for fodder; grass prepared for preservation.

Make hay while the sun shines.

To dance the hay, to dance in a ring.

HAY, v.t. To dry or cure grass for preservation.

HAY, n. A hedge.

1. A net which incloses the haunt of an animal.

HAY, v.t. To lay snares for rabbits.



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HAY, n. Grass cut and dried for fodder; grass prepared for preservation.

Make hay while the sun shines.

To dance the hay, to dance in a ring.

HAY, v.t. To dry or cure grass for preservation.

HAY, n. A hedge.

1. A net which incloses the haunt of an animal.

HAY, v.t. To lay snares for rabbits.


HAY, n.1 [Sax. heg, hig; G. heu; D. hooi; Dan. höe; Sw. hö.]

Grass cut and dried for fodder; grass prepared for preservation. Make hay while the sun shines. To dance the hay, to dance in a ring. Donne.


HAY, n.2 [Sax. hæg.]

  1. A hedge. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  2. A net which incloses the haunt of an animal. Harmer.

HAY, v.t. [G. heuen.]

To dry or cure grass for preservation.


HAY, v.t.

To lay snares for rabbits. Huloet.


Hay
  1. A hedge.

    [Obs.]
  2. To lay snares for rabbits.

    Huloet.
  3. Grass cut and cured for fodder.

    Make hay while the sun shines. Camden.

    Hay may be dried too much as well as too little. C. L. Flint.

    Hay cap, a canvas covering for a haycock. -- Hay fever (Med.), nasal catarrh accompanied with fever, and sometimes with paroxysms of dyspnœa, 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.

  4. To cut and cure grass for hay.
  5. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit.

    Rowe.

    To dance the hay, to dance in a ring. Shak.

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Hay

HAY, noun Grass cut and dried for fodder; grass prepared for preservation.

Make hay while the sun shines.

To dance the hay to dance in a ring.

HAY, verb transitive To dry or cure grass for preservation.

HAY, noun A hedge.

1. A net which incloses the haunt of an animal.

HAY, verb transitive To lay snares for rabbits.

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