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hay

/heɪ/ noun B2
  1. Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder. (uncountable)
  2. Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder. (countable)
  3. Cannabis; marijuana. (countable, slang, uncountable)
  4. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit. (countable, uncountable)

Plural hays

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A DOG lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen from eating the hay which had been placed for them.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 11 · B2
“What a selfish Dog!” said one of them to his companions; “he cannot eat the hay himself, and yet refuses to allow those to eat who can.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 11 · B2
The Ass was left in a stable and had plenty of oats and hay to eat, just as any other Ass would.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 18 · B2
As long as the war lasted, he looked upon him as his fellow-helper in all emergencies and fed him carefully with hay and corn.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 26 · B2

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