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- English Word Hawthorn Definition A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Crataegus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed.
- English Word Hay Definition A hedge.
- English Word Hay Definition A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit.
- English Word Hay Definition To lay snares for rabbits.
- English Word Hay Definition Grass cut and cured for fodder.
- English Word Hay Definition To cut and cure grass for hay.
- English Word Hay-cutter Definition A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle.
- English Word Haybird Definition The European spotted flycatcher.
- English Word Haybird Definition The European blackcap.
- English Word Haybote Definition An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote. See Bote.
- English Word Haycock Definition A conical pile or hear of hay in the field.
- English Word Haye Definition The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra's snake or asp. See Asp.
- English Word Hayfield Definition A field where grass for hay has been cut; a meadow.
- English Word Hayfork Definition A fork for pitching and tedding hay.
- English Word Hayloft Definition A loft or scaffold for hay.
- English Word Haymaker Definition One who cuts and cures hay.
- English Word Haymaker Definition A machine for curing hay in rainy weather.
- English Word Haymaking Definition The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay.
- English Word Haymow Definition A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.
- English Word Haymow Definition The place in a barn where hay is deposited.
- English Word Hayrack Definition A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging.
- English Word Hayrake Definition A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses.
- English Word Hayrick Definition A heap or pile of hay, usually covered with thatch for preservation in the open air.
- English Word Haystack Definition A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.
- English Word Haystalk Definition A stalk of hay.
- English Word Haythorn Definition Hawthorn.
- English Word Haytian Definition Of pertaining to Hayti.
- English Word Haytian Definition A native of Hayti.
- English Word Hayward Definition 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.
- English Word Hazard Definition A game of chance played with dice.