hay

noun9

1. •
   Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.

   • Make hay while sunne shines. — 1605
2. •
   Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
3. •
   (slang) Cannabis; marijuana.

   • I would like some of that hay. Enclose $20. — 1947
4. •
   The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.
5. •
   A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
6. •
   (no longer used) A net placed around the lair or burrow of an animal.
7. •
   (no longer used) A hedge.
8. •
   (no longer used) An enclosure, haw.
9. •
   (no longer used) A circular country dance.

   • My men like Satyres grazing on the lawnes, Shall with their Goate feete daunce an antick hay, — 1594

verb2

1. •
   To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
2. •
   To lay snares for rabbits.

noun1

1. •
   Ellipsis of Hay-on-Wye: a small town in Hay community, Powys, Wales, on the England-Wales border.