Hay"rack` (h"rk`), n. A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon,
and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay
rigging.
Hay"rake` (h"rk`), n. A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large
rake drawn by a horse or horses.
Hay"rick` (-rk`), n. A heap or pile of hay, usually covered with thatch
for preservation in the open air.
Hay"stack` (h"stk`), n. A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.
Hay"stalk` (h"stk`), n. A stalk of hay.
Hay"thorn` (h"thÙrn`), n. Hawthorn. R. Scot.
Hay"ti*an (h"t*an), a. Of pertaining to Hayti. -- n. A native of Hayti.
[Written also Haitian.]
Hay"ward (h"wrd), n. [Hay a hedge + ward.] An officer who is appointed
to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and
whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large.
Haz"ard (hz"rd), n. [F. hasard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster or
accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr, zr,
a die, which, with the article al the, would give azzahr, azzr.] 1. A
game of chance played with dice. Chaucer.
2. The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event;
chance; accident; casualty.