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noun Will (Harrison), 1879–1954, U.S. lawyer, politician, and official of the motion-picture industry.
a city in central Kansas.
noun grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage.
grass mowed or intended for mowing.
Slang a small sum of money: Twenty dollars an hour for doing very little certainly ain't hay. money: A thousand dollars for a day's work is a lot of hay! Show More
verb (used with object) to convert (plant material) into hay.
to furnish (horses, cows, etc.) with hay.
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verb (used without object) to cut grass, clover, or the like, and store for use as forage.
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Origin of hay before 900; Middle English; Old English hēg; cognate with
German Heu, Old Norse hey, Gothic hawi. See
hew Related forms hay·ey , adjective un·hayed , adjective noun John Milton, 1838–1905, U.S. statesman and author.
a river in NW Canada, flowing NE to the Great Slave Lake. 530 miles (853 km) long.
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Examples from the Web for hays Contemporary Examples of hays But the bigger reason Senator Hays is pushing for this law is because of Islam.
Hopefully, the members of the Florida House, Democrats and Republicans alike, will reject Senator Hays ' proposed legislation.
Well these Muslim book bashers found a perfect friend in Senator Hays .
After all, for the past four years Hays has introduced legislation to ban sharia law in Florida courts.
Like a gangster shooting in a Hays Code era motion picture, the inhale and the exhale are shown in separate shots.
Historical Examples of hays I was driving bolts in the hold, through the keelson, with Hays .
Hays cursed me, and said that it was my blow which bent the bolt.
Of course the Hays have got the land, but we have the view and the joy of it.
Before him, opened, lay a long letter,—the adjutant's letter from Hays .
She could think of nothing but that fateful letter from Hays .
British Dictionary definitions for hays noun grass, clover, etc, cut and dried as fodder (in combination ) a hayfield ; a hayloft hit the hay slang to go to bed
make hay of to throw into confusion
make hay while the sun shines to take full advantage of an opportunity
roll in the hay informal sexual intercourse or heavy petting
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verb to cut, dry, and store (grass, clover, etc) as fodder
(tr) to feed with hay
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Word Origin for hay Old English hieg; related to Old Norse hey, Gothic hawi, Old Frisian hē, Old High German houwi; see hew
noun a circular figure in country dancing
a former country dance in which the dancers wove in and out of a circle
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Word Origin for hay C16: of uncertain origin
noun Will. 1888–1949, British music-hall comedian, who later starred in films, such as Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
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Word Origin and History for hays n. "grass mown," Old English heg (Anglian), hieg , hig (West Saxon) "grass cut or mown for fodder," from Proto-Germanic *haujam (cf. Old Norse hey , Old Frisian ha , Middle Dutch hoy , German Heu , Gothic hawi "hay"), literally "that which is cut," or "that which can be mowed," from PIE *kau- "to hew, strike" (cf. Old English heawan "to cut;" see hew ). Slang phrase hit the hay (pre-1880) was originally "to sleep in a barn;" hay in the general figurative sense of "bedding" (e.g. roll in the hay ) is from 1903.
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Idioms and Phrases with hays see hit the hay; make hay while the sun shines; roll in the hay; that ain't hay.
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