Properly so called, was not in use among the Hebrews; straw was used instead. They cut the grass green as it was needed. The word rendered "hay" in Proverbs 27:25 means the first shoots of the grass. In Isaiah 15:6 the Revised Version has correctly "grass," where the Authorized Version has "hay."

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A hedge.

2. (n.) A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit.

3. (v. i.) To lay snares for rabbits.

4. (n.) Grass cut and cured for fodder.

5. (v. i.) To cut and cure grass for hay.