hay : Idioms & Phrases

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arthur garfield hays

  • noun United States lawyer involved in several famous court trials (1881-1954)
    Hays.
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hay bacillus

  • noun a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce antibiotics
    Bacillus globigii; grass bacillus; Bacillus subtilis.
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hay bale

  • noun a bale of hay
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Hay cap

  • a canvas covering for a haycock.
Webster 1913

hay conditioner

  • noun a farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even drying
    haymaker.
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Hay fever

  • noun a seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen
    pollinosis.
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  • (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.
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Hay knife

  • a sharp instrument used in cutting hay out of a stack or mow.
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Hay press

  • a press for baling loose hay.
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Hay tea

  • the juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as food for cattle, etc.
Webster 1913

Hay tedder

  • a machine for spreading and turning newmown hay. See Tedder.
Webster 1913

hay-cutter

Hay"-cut`ter noun
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  1. A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle.
Webster 1913

hay-scented

  • noun fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay
    scented fern; Dennstaedtia punctilobula; hay-scented; boulder fern.
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hay-scented fern

  • noun fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay
    scented fern; Dennstaedtia punctilobula; hay-scented; boulder fern.
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haying time

  • noun the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder
    haying.
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helen hayes

  • noun acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993)
    Hayes.
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hit the hay

  • verb prepare for sleep
    retire; sack out; hit the sack; bed; kip down; turn in; go to bed; go to sleep; crawl in.
    • I usually turn in at midnight
    • He goes to bed at the crack of dawn
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make hay

  • verb turn to one's advantage
    • The environmentalist lobby made hay of the nuclear plant accident
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mary ludwig hays mccauley

  • noun heroine of the American Revolution who carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband's gun when he was overcome by heat (1754-1832)
    Mary McCauley; McCauley; Molly Pitcher.
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Meadow hay

  • a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in uncultivated swamp or river meadow; used as fodder or bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. Local, U. S.
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president hayes

  • noun 19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893)
    Rutherford B. Hayes; President Hayes; Hayes.
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roll in the hay

  • noun slang for sexual intercourse
    ass; screw; piece of tail; fucking; shtup; screwing; fuck; nookie; piece of ass; nooky; shag.
  • verb have sexual intercourse with
    love; fuck; sleep with; have it away; screw; have intercourse; get it on; lie with; hump; make love; make out; get laid; have a go at it; bonk; eff; have sex; jazz; be intimate; know; have it off; bang; bed; do it; sleep together.
    • This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
    • Adam knew Eve
    • Were you ever intimate with this man?
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rutherford b. hayes

  • noun 19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893)
    Rutherford B. Hayes; President Hayes; Hayes.
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rutherford birchard hayes

  • noun 19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893)
    Rutherford B. Hayes; President Hayes; Hayes.
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Spun hay

  • hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition.
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To dance the hay

  • to dance in a ring.
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To spin hay

  • (Mil.), to twist it into ropes for convenient carriage on an expedition.
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will hays

  • noun United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954)
    Hays; Will Hays.
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william harrison hays

  • noun United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954)
    Hays; Will Hays.
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