Part 5161

<note>&hand; Three hawsers twisted together make a cable; but it nautical usage the distinction between cable and hawser is often one of size rather than of manufacture.</note>

<cs><col>Hawser iron</col>, <cd>a calking iron.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hawser-laid</h1> <Xpage=676>

<hw>Haws"er-laid`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. <er>Cable-laid</er>, and see <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Cordage</er>.</def>

<h1>Hawthorn</h1> <Xpage=676>

<hw>Haw"thorn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>hagaborn</ets>, <ets>h\'91g<?/orn</ets>. See <er>Haw</er> a hedge, and <er>Thorn</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A thorny shrub or tree (the <i>Crat\'91gus oxyacantha</i>), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called <i>haw</i>. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is <i>Crat\'91gus cordata</i>, which has the leaves but little lobed.</def>

<blockquote>Gives not the <b>hawthorn</b> bush a sweeter shade To shepherds? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hay</h1> <Xpage=676>

<hw>Hay</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>hege</ets>: cf. F. <ets>haie</ets>, of German origin. See <er>Haw</er> a hedge, <er>Hedge</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A hedge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit.</def>

<i>Rowe.</i>

<cs><col>To dance the hay</col>, <cd>to dance in a ring.</cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Hay</h1> <Xpage=676>

<hw>Hay</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To lay snares for rabbits.</def>

<i>Huloet.</i>

<h1>Hay</h1> <Xpage=676>

<hw>Hay</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hei</ets>, AS. <ets>h<?/g</ets>; akin to D. <ets>kooi</ets>, OHG. <ets>hewi</ets>, <ets>houwi</ets>, G. <ets>heu</ets>, Dan. & Sw. <ets>h\'94</ets>, Icel. <ets>hey</ets>, <ets>ha</ets>, Goth. <ets>hawi</ets> grass, fr. the root of E. <ets>hew</ets>. See <er>Hew to cut</er>. ]</ety> <def>Grass cut and cured for fodder.</def>

<blockquote>Make <b>hay</b> while the sun shines. <i>Camden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Hay</b> may be dried too much as well as too little. <i>C. L. Flint.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Hay cap</col>, <cd>a canvas covering for a haycock.</cd> -- <col>Hay fever</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>nasal catarrh accompanied with fever, and sometimes with paroxysms of dyspn\'d2a, 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 <altname>hay asthma</altname>, <altname>hay cold</altname>, and <altname>rose fever</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Hay knife</col>, <cd>a sharp instrument used in cutting hay out of a stack or mow.</cd> -- <col>Hay press</col>, <cd>a press for baling loose hay.</cd> -- <col>Hay tea</col>, <cd>the juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as food for cattle, etc.</cd> -- <col>Hay tedder</col>, <cd>a machine for spreading and turning newmown hay. See <er>Tedder</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hay</h1> <Xpage=676>

<hw>Hay</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To cut and cure grass for hay.</def>

<h1>Haybird</h1> <Xpage=676>

<hw>Hay"bird`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The European spotted flycatcher.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The European blackcap.</def>

<h1>Haybote</h1> <Xpage=676>

<hw>Hay"bote`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hay</er> hedge, and <er>Bote</er>, and cf. <er>Hedgebote</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Law.)</fld> <def>An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote. See <er>Bote</er>.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>