Payed vs Hayed - What's the difference?
payed | hayed |
(archaic) (from Old French paier) (pay)
* 1616 —
*:...and the use and proffitt therof cominge shalbe payed to my saied Sister Jone...
* 1836 — , ch 25
(from Old French peier) (pay)
(hay)
(uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
* Camden
* C. L. Flint
(countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
(slang) Cannabis; marijuana.
* 1947 , William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947:
A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
(obsolete) A hedge.
(obsolete) A circular country dance.
To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
To lay snares for rabbits.
As verbs the difference between payed and hayed
is that payed is (archaic) (from old french paier) (pay) while hayed is (hay).payed
English
Alternative forms
* paidVerb
(head)- It was but just in time, for, as the frigate flew round, describing a circle, as she payed off before the wind, they could perceive the breakers lashing the precipitous coast, not two cables' length from them.
hayed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*hay
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
- Make hay while the sun shines.
- Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.
- I would like some of that hay . Enclose $20.
- (Rowe)
- to dance the hay
Derived terms
* hay fever * hayloft, hay loft * haystack * hayward * hit the hay * make hay while the sun shinesExternal links
* (wikipedia)Verb
(en verb)- (Huloet)
References
Webster's Online Dictionary article on hay
