Meaning of haye | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish).
3. Obsolete spelling of hay (“grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder”).
   alt-of, obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“They have⟳ of Hayens or Tuberons which devour men, especially such as fish⟳ for Pearles.”

“Other unlucky accidents oft-times happen⟳ in these seas, as, when (especially in becalmings) men swim⟳ in the bearing ocean, the greedy Hayen, called Tuberon or Shark, armed with a double⟳ row of venomous teeth, pursue⟳ them, directed by a little rhombus or musculus, variously streaked and coloured with blue and white, that scuds to and fro to bring⟳ the shark intelligence.”

“They do not fling⟳ away the Hays in Spain, but sell⟳ them.”

“The Haye doth not spawn like⟳ other fishes, nor lay⟳ eggs (as the tortoise does), but casts its young in the manner of quadrupeds. [¶]These fish⟳ do no manner of damage⟳ on the whole Gold Coast; but as Fida and Ardra, where the slave-trade is managed, they are extraordinarily ravenous, and in my opinion fiercer than the most voracious animal in the world. […] [¶]When the Haye seizes his Prey, he is obliged to turn⟳ himself on his Back, because his mouth is placed far behind and low, wherefore he cannot come⟳ at any thing upwards. [¶]When we sometimes take⟳ one of these fish⟳ and haul him on board⟳ with a rope, we are always obliged to keep⟳ a distance; for besides his sharp teeth, he strikes with his tail, which is prodigiously strong, and whoever comes near him loses either an arm or a leg, or at least hath it broken to pieces.”

“There are in the Cape sea two sorts of Sharks. The Cape-Europeans call⟳ ‛em Hayes.”

“The Frozen Ocean, likewise, teems with the NARHWAL, the POTT-FISH, from whose brain spermaceti is prepared, the SEA-DOG, DOLPHIN, SEA-HOG, HAY-FISH, sea-cow, the sea-bear, the sealion […]”

“Haye, a peculiar ground-shark on the coast of Guinea.”

“14. In marg.—"Jo. Turner." For mowinge and wininge* the haye in Barkholme, xxxj⁸. For mowinge and wininge the haye in Brampton parke, xxxiij⁸. vjᵈ.”

“Iem, that hee take⟳ order⟳ with them for husbandlie usage of the haye, and apportionate the provender to be allowed to everye man's charge, according to the number⟳ of horses that are in house […]”

“[…] and he toke the horse and the haye, and lept upon the horse and rode to the gentlemannys place⟳ […]”

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