From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hay \Hay\, verb (used without an object) To cut and cure grass for hay.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hay \Hay\ (h[=a]), noun [AS. hege: cf. F. haie, of German origin. See {Haw} a hedge, {Hedge}.]
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hay \Hay\, verb (used without an object) To lay snares for rabbits. --Huloet.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hay \Hay\, noun [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.
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}, {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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: 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."
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