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n. [ AS. hege: cf. F. haie, of German origin. See Haw a hedge, Hedge. ] 1. A hedge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

To dance the hay, to dance in a ring. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To cut and cure grass for hay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Make hay while the sun shines. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hay may be dried too much as well as too little. C. L. Flint. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The European spotted flycatcher. (b) The European blackcap. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Hay hedge, and Bote, and cf. Hedgebote. ] (Eng. Law.) An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote. See Bote. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A conical pile or heap of hay in the field. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tanned haycock in the mead. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A field where grass for hay has been cut; a meadow. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]