Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hay \Hay\, n. [OE. hei, AS. h[=e]g; akin to D. hooi, OHG. hewi, houwi, G. heu, Dan. & Sw. h["o], Icel. hey, ha, Goth. hawi grass, fr. the root of E. hew. See Hew to cut.] Grass cut and cured for fodder.
Make hay while the sun shines.
--Camden.
Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.
--C.
L. Flint.
Hay cap, a canvas covering for a haycock.
Hay fever (Med.), nasal catarrh accompanied with fever, and sometimes with paroxysms of dyspn[oe]a, 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 hay asthma, hay cold, rose cold, and rose fever.
Hay knife, a sharp instrument used in cutting hay out of a stack or mow.
Hay press, a press for baling loose hay.
Hay tea, the juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as food for cattle, etc.
Hay tedder, a machine for spreading and turning new-mown hay. See Tedder.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
alt. An allergy to the pollen of grass or other plants that causes symptoms similar to those of a cold; pollinosis. n. An allergy to the pollen of grass or other plants that causes symptoms similar to those of a cold; pollinosis.
WordNet
n. a seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen [syn: pollinosis]
Wikipedia
Hay Fever is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1924 and first produced in 1925 with Marie Tempest as the first Judith Bliss. Best described as a cross between high farce and a comedy of manners, the play is set in an English country house in the 1920s, and deals with the four eccentric members of the Bliss family and their outlandish behaviour when they each invite a guest to spend the weekend. The self-centred behaviour of the hosts finally drives their guests to flee while the Blisses are so engaged in a family row that they do not notice their guests' furtive departure.
Some writers have seen elements of Mrs Astley Cooper and her set in the characters of the Bliss family. Coward said that the actress Laurette Taylor was the main model. Coward introduces one of his signature theatrical devices at the end of the play, where the four guests tiptoe out as the curtain falls, leaving disorder behind them – a device that he also used in various forms in Present Laughter, Private Lives and Blithe Spirit.
"Hay Fever" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, The Green Green Grass. It was first screened on 30 September 2005, as the fourth episode of series one.
Usage examples of "hay fever".
It is, however, specially provocative of hay fever and hay asthma.
This programme particularly applies to conditions such as menstrual pain, hay fever, piles, neuralgia etc.
Rebecque, suffering from the day's first attack of hay fever, blew his nose into a huge red handkerchief.
A medicinal tincture is made from this grass with spirit of wine, and it said that if poured into the open hand and sniffed well into the nose, almost immediate relief is afforded during an attack of hay fever.
She was almost radiant with joy when I told her how capable Tish was, and that she was sure to be interested, and about Aggie's hay fever and Mr.
I'm sorry I have to be a stranger with hay fever and on my way to lunch and a matinee.