(hā) noun
Grass, clover, or the like, cut and dried for fodder.
—to hit the hay U.S. Slang To go to bed.
—to make hay while the sun shines To take full advantage of an opportunity.
—v.t.
1. To make, as clover, into hay.
2. To feed with hay.
3. To plant (land) with hay.
—v.i.
4. To make hay. [OE hēg]

(hā) noun Obs.
A net or snare, especially a net enclosing the burrow, hole, or haunt of an animal. [<AF haie; ult. origin uncertain]

(hā) noun Obs.
A hedge, palisade, or fence; also, a place enclosed by such. [OE hege]

(hā) noun
A country dance with a winding in–and–out movement. [<MF haye]

(hā), John,
1838–1905, U.S. statesman, diplomat, author, and poet.