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hay tea

hay tea noun: the juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as food for cattle, etc.

Noun

hay tea (uncountable)

  1. The juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as food for cattle, etc.
    • Hay tea has been used for a great number of years to feed calves with, after they have lost their mothers. A Birmingham gentleman, who travels into various parts of the Kingdom, tells me, that hay tea is used by many families in different parts of the country: and that it is preferred, for its...1819, “On the substitution of hay tea for China tea”, in The Black Dwarf

Questions about hay tea

What does hay tea mean?
Hay tea means the juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as food for cattle, etc.
What part of speech is hay tea?
Hay tea is a noun.

Words near hay tea in the dictionary

  1. hay rake
  2. hay ride
  3. hay rides
  4. Hay River
  5. Hay South
  6. hay tea
  7. hay wagon
  8. hay wagons
  9. hay wain
  10. hay wains
  11. Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham

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