Defn: 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 dyspnoea, 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.
HAY
Hay, v. i.
Defn: To cut and cure grass for hay.
HAYBIRD Hay"bird`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The European spotted flycatcher. (b) The European blackcap.
HAYBOTE
Hay"bote`, n. Etym: [See Hay hedge, and Bote, and cf. Hedgebote.]
(Eng. Law.)
Defn: An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote. See Bote. Blackstone.
HAYCOCK
Hay"cock`, n.
Defn: A conical pile or hear of hay in the field.
The tanned haycock in the mead. Milton.
HAY-CUTTER
Hay"-cut`ter, n.
Defn: A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle.