Definitions

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  • noun fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay

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Examples

  • Would anosmia extinguish my silly girlish ardor for lathered horsehair and hay-scented manes and saddle soap?

    Bonnie Blodgett: Anosmia: the Quiet Killer 2010

  • Would anosmia extinguish my silly girlish ardor for lathered horsehair and hay-scented manes and saddle soap?

    Bonnie Blodgett: Anosmia: the Quiet Killer 2010

  • Its hay-scented breath gusted over him, replacing Mariamne's heavy, sensuous perfume.

    The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004

  • She gazed about her from her vantage-point on the warm boulder, taking in the grassy hills and breathing in the warm, hay-scented air with a growing contentment.

    Werehunter Lackey, Mercedes 1999

  • After making certain that no one had followed him, he drove directly into the bam, then peered around in the hay-scented gloom.

    Oathblood Lackey, Mercedes 1998

  • The door was locked, but Cadfael had brought the key, and let them in to a dry, hay-scented darkness.

    Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992

  • Her breath puffed warm against his ear, sweet, and hay-scented.

    Magic's Promise Lackey, Mercedes 1990

  • Her breath puffed warm against his ear, sweet, and hay-scented.

    Magic's Promise Lackey, Mercedes 1990

  • After making certain that no one had followed him, he drove directly into the barn, and peered around in the hay-scented gloom.

    The Oathbound Lackey, Mercedes 1988

  • A hand came wavering out of the hay-scented darkness to clutch convulsively at Cadfael's hand.

    A Rare Benedictine Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1988

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