Word: haye
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...specialist at the Universities finds himself a marked man, with a weaf of hay upon his horns; he is looked upon with mingled feelings of suspicion and pity. That there can be any knowledge outside of the curriculum of the University, or if there is, that it is of any value, is not dreamed of. The specialist who pleads in behalf of another kind of learning is considered a fanatic. "We don't want original researches," I have heard it said, "but good all-round men," that is to say, the best specimens of the crammer who have a smattering...
...Hay, G. 14 Plympton...
...most of his habits, he had a great aversion to tea. This was shown in a marked manner on one occasion when, being asked at the supper table if he would have a cup of that beverage, he greatly astonished the hostess by almost shrieking out. "Tea! boiled hay!" At another time he manifested in a singular way his distaste for the society of the gentler sex. While talking with a friend in a reception room, a man approached and said that there were certain young women present who desired an introduction to Professor Sophocles. The professor signified his willingness...
...meritorious services should have earned them by this time a pension and retirement from all active service on half-pay, so that they might spend the rest of their days cropping the tender grass of some bleak New England pasture, or nibbling from well-kept stalls the fragrant hay...
...elevator, there will be four box stalls and five extra-wide stalls, a large room for dogs, a pharmacy or drug room, and apartments for attendants. This floor will be lighted from above and from the sides. The third story will contain work-rooms, harness-room, hay and grain loft, and a bedroom for the house surgeon. This floor will be reached from the second by a stairway, as well as by the elevator. The elevator will be large enough to take up the largest animal treated, and will be used in taking up the ailing horses, etc., brought...