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† church-hay Obs.
[f. hay, enclosure, OE. heᵹe hedge, fence.]
A churchyard; = prec.
a1225Ancr. R. 318 Ich..eode oðe pleouwe ine chircheie [v.r. chirch ȝeard]. 1417E.E. Wills 26 That my body be Beryed in the Chirchhey of the Paryshchurch of Thorne⁓combe. a1450Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 626 Chyrche-haye, cimiteriumque. c1450Myrc 330 Wyth-ynne chyrche & seynt⁓wary [v.r. chirch hay]. 1880E. Cornw. Gloss. (E.D.S.) s.v., This word is dropping out of use, but is often heard in the adage, A hot May Makes a fat Church-hay. |