hay (1), haye, hey

[A.S.hég=gra , hay; cogn. with Dut. hoo i; Icel, hey, Dan. & Sw. hö; Goth. haw i: Ger.heu; M. H. Ger. houwe; O. H. Ger. hew i.] 1. Gra , cut and dried for fodder for cattle, horses, . "A little barn full of hay."-Clarendon: Civil War, iii. 414. *2. Growing gra . "Make alle men sitte to mete by cumpanyes on grene hey."-Wycliffe: Mark vi. hay-asthma, hay-fever, s. Path.: A severe catarrh frequently having asthmatic symptoms superadded. It is not a common disease. It has been attributed to the aroma of the Sweet-scented Vernal gra ( Anthoranthum odor a tum ), or to that of the Mat gra ( Nardus strict a ). It is now believed to arise from the inhalation of pollen grains of various plants floating in the air. hay-band, 8. A rope or band of twisted hay, used to bind up tru es or sheaves. IMG:content-1029.png:[blocks in formation] Bot .: Nephrodium ore opter is .