Hay

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Hay - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

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."

Hay - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

HAY, n. Grass cut and dried for fodder; grass prepared for preservation.

Make hay while the sun shines.

To dance the hay, to dance in a ring.

HAY, v.t. To dry or cure grass for preservation.

HAY, n. A hedge.

1. A net which incloses the haunt of an animal.

HAY, v.t. To lay snares for rabbits.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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