Definition of Haying

1. Noun. The harvesting of hay.

Generic synonyms: Harvest, Harvest Home, Harvesting

2. Noun. The season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder.
Exact synonyms: Haying Time
Generic synonyms: Season, Time Of Year

Definition of Haying

1. Verb. (present participle of hay) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Haying

1. the season for harvesting hay [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haying

haycocks
hayduck
hayducks
hayduk
hayduks
haye
hayed
hayer
hayers
hayey
hayfever
hayfield
hayfields
hayfork
hayforks
haying (current term)
haying time
hayings
haylage
haylages
hayle
hayles
haylift
haylifts
haylike
hayloft
haylofts
haymaker
haymakers
haymaking

Literary usage of Haying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Further a man marrying a woman haying legitimate or illegitimate children is liable to maintain them as part of his family, and is chargeable with all ..."

2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by John Hawkins (1787)
"... were but foibles in the manners of the times ; but there were certain notions and opinions, which haying been ..."

3. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"They recommended a guard for the protection of the Cumberland members on their return, adverting to the recent fact of an express haying been severely ..."

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