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Haying   /hˈeɪɪŋ/   Listen
Haying

noun
1.
The harvesting of hay.
2.
The season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder.  Synonym: haying time.






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"Haying" Quotes from Famous Books



... well-beaten paths unseen by hawks. But with the grass cut and raked, leaving only naked stubble, he couldn't hide even from old Mr. Crow. It was no wonder that he agreed with Bobby Bobolink's wife. The Bobolink family were so upset by haying that they moved to Cedar Swamp at the very first clatter of the mowing machine. And when Master Meadow Mouse bade them good-by Mrs. Bobolink said to him, "What a shame that Farmer Green should break up a happy home like ours!" And Master Meadow Mouse remarked that it was very careless of ...
— The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse • Arthur Scott Bailey

... Thomas left his haying and rounded up the faithful. There were seven members of the order in the community, all of whom were willing to stand for their country's honor. There was James Shewfelt, who was a drummer, and could play the tunes without the fife at all. There was John Barker, ...
— The Black Creek Stopping-House • Nellie McClung

... uninteresting labor. He was heartily sick of weeding; even riding Duke before the cultivator had lost its charms, and a great pile of wood lay in the Squire's yard which he knew he would be set to piling up in the shed. Strawberry-picking would soon follow the asparagus cultivation, then haying, and so on all the long, bright summer, without any fun, unless his father ...
— St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 • Various

... laugh and pelt mud at their former tyrant, and thank Prince Marvel for haying exposed ...
— The Enchanted Island of Yew • L. Frank Baum



Words linked to "Haying" :   time of year, season, haying time, harvest, harvest home, harvesting



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