Hay cap, a canvas covering for a haycock. -- Hay fever (Med.), nasal
catarrh accompanied with fever, and sometimes with paroxysms of
dyspnúa, 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.
Hay, v. i. To cut and cure grass for hay.
Hay"bird` (h"brd`), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) The European spotted flycatcher. (b)
The European blackcap.
Hay"bote` (h"bt`), 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.
Hay"cock` (h"kk`), n. A conical pile or heap of hay in the field.
The tanned haycock in the mead.
Milton.
Hay"-cut`ter (h"kt`tr), n. A machine in which hay is chopped short, as
fodder for cattle.
Hay"field` (h"fld`), n. A field where grass for hay has been cut; a
meadow. Cowper.
Hay"fork` (h"fÙrk`), n. A fork for pitching and tedding hay.
Horse hayfork, a contrivance for unloading hay from the cart and
depositing it in the loft, or on a mow, by horse power.
Hay"loft` (h"lft`; 115), n. A loft or scaffold for hay.
Hay"mak`er (h"mk`r), n. 1. One who cuts and cures hay.