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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To dance the Hay

    To dance in a ring: probably from dancing round a hay cock.

    I will play on the tabor to the worthies,
    And let them dance the hay. William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour Lost.

    This maids think on the hearth they see,
    When fires well nigh consumed be,
    There dancing hays by two and three,
    Just as your fancy casts them. Michael Drayton, Nymphid.

    The gum and glist’ning, which with art
    And study’d method, in each part
    Hangs down the heart,
    Looks just as if that day
    Snails there had crawl’d the hay. John Suckling.

  2. To dance the Hay

    To dance in a ring: probably from dancing round a hay cock.

    I will play on the tabor to the worthies,
    And let them dance the hay. William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour Lost.

    This maids think on the hearth they see,
    When fires well nigh consumed be,
    There dancing hays by two and three,
    Just as your fancy casts them. Michael Drayton, Nymphid.

    The gum and glist’ning, which with art
    And study’d method, in each part
    Hangs down the heart,
    Looks just as if that day
    Snails there had crawl’d the hay. John Suckling.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dance the hay in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dance the hay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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