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HAYFORK 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.
HAYLOFT n.
A loft or scaffold for hay.
HAYMAKER n. 2 definitions
One who cuts and cures hay.
HAYMAKING n.
The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay.
HAYMOW n. 2 definitions
A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.
HAYRACK n.
A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging.
HAYRAKE n.
A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses.
HAYRICK n.
A heap or pile of hay, usually covered with thatch for preservation in the open air.
HAYSTACK n.
A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.
HAYSTALK n.
A stalk of hay.
HAYTHORN n.
Hawthorn. R. Scot.
HAYTIAN a. 2 definitions
Of pertaining to Hayti. -- n.
HAYWARD n.
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.
HEADWAY n. 2 definitions
The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind.
HEARSAY n.
has so long rested on the memory of our great national poet originated in frivolous hearsays of his life and conversation. Prof. Wilson. Hearsay evidence (Law), that species of testimony which consists in a a narration by one person of matters told him by another. It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible as testimon…
HEYDAY n. 2 definitions
me of triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits, frolicsomeness; wildness. The heyday in the blood is tame. Shak. In the heyday of their victories. J. H. Newman.
HICKWALL; HICKWAY n.
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe. [Prov. Eng.]
HIGHWAY n.
A road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare.
HIGHWAYMAN n.
One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.
HIMALAYAN a.
Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Hindostan.
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