Definition of "hay"

Make hay while sunne shines.

1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson

Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.

1857, Charles Louis Flint, Grasses and Forage Plants: A Practical Treatise, […]

I would like some of that hay. Enclose $20.

1947, William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947

Jeff Spicoli, roll me another hay

1994, “Bug Powder Dust”, performed by Bomb the Bass

My men like Satyres grazing on the lawnes,Shall with their Goate feete daunce an antick hay,

1594 (first publication), Christopher Marlow[e], The Trovblesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edvvard the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, (please specify the page)

I’ll make one in a dance, or so; or I will playOn the tabour to the Worthies, and let them dance the hay.

c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene i]