Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hay"

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."

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hay \Hay\, v. i.
To cut and cure grass for hay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hay \Hay\, n. [AS. hege: cf. F. haie, of German origin. See
{Haw} a hedge, {Hedge}.]
1. A hedge. [Obs.]

2. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a
rabbit. --Rowe.

{To dance the hay}, to dance in a ring. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hay \Hay\, v. i.
To lay snares for rabbits. --Huloet.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hay \Hay\, n. [OE. hei, AS. h?g; akin to D. kooi, 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.

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 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}, 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 newmown
hay. See {Tedder}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

hay
n : grass mowed and cured for use as fodder


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