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Webster 1913 Edition


Hay

Hay

(hā)
,
Noun.
[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.

Hay

,
Verb.
I.
To lay snares for rabbits.
Huloet.

Hay

,
Noun.
[OE.
hei
, AS.
hēg
; akin to D.
hooi
, OHG.
hewi
,
houwi
, G.
heu
, Dan. & Sw.
hö
, 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 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
.

Hay

,
Verb.
I.
To cut and cure grass for hay.

Webster 1828 Edition


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.
T.
To dry or cure grass for preservation.

HAY

,
Noun.
A hedge.
1.
A net which incloses the haunt of an animal.

HAY

,
Verb.
T.
To lay snares for rabbits.

Definition 2024


hãy

hãy

See also: hay, Hay, and haþ

Vietnamese

Adverb

hãy

  1. do, let's (mild imperative sentence-initial particle)
  2. still, yet