hay
noun
[ heɪ ]
• grass that has been mown and dried for use as fodder.
hay
verb
• (of grass) dry while standing.
• "the grass had all hayed off and gone to seed"
Origin:
Old English hēg, hīeg, hīg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hooi and German Heu, also to hew.
hay
noun
• a country dance with interweaving steps similar to a reel.
Origin:
early 16th century: from an obsolete sense ‘a kind of dance’ of French haie ‘hedge’, figuratively ‘row of people lining the route of a procession’.