hayburnern.
/ˈheɪbəːnə/, U.S. /ˈheɪˌbərnər/, Australian English /ˈhæebɜːnə/ 1. U.S. A stove that burns hay as fuel. Often (and in earliest use) as a modifier, esp. in hay burner stove. In later use historical.In this sense usually as two words.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > stove > types of stove
bath-stove1591
pech1591
stewpot1688
kitchen range1733
cockle1775
copper-hole1785
Franklin stove1787
kitchen stove1795
gas stove1818
calefactor1831
thermometer-stove1838
Vesta1843
airtight1844
ship-hearth1858
base-burner1861
wood-stove1875
box1878
tortoise1884
wood-burner1901
Quebec heater1903
pot belly1920
cosy stove1926–7
oil stove1934
paraffin stove1995
1875 Palo Alto (Emmetsburg, Iowa) Reporter 25 Sept. The patent hay burner stove may be seen at Williamson's... If it proves a success [it] will work a revolution in the settlement of this prairie country.
1887 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 25 Feb. Dakota in winter... The stove takes up as much room as a piano elsewhere; and..the fire is not quenched day or night—especially if it is a hay burner.
1977 Sun (Shelby, Nebraska) 27 Apr. 16/2 Seated in a rocker before an old hay-burner stove, on cold winter nights he spun his tales.
2019 Farm Show Mag. (Electronic ed.) 43 5/2 Hay burners once kept settlers warm... The 1878 vintage hay burner shown above..was donated to the Society in 1934.
2. colloquial (chiefly U.S. and Australian) (often humorous and sometimes depreciative). A horse or other animal that consumes hay; (now) esp. a racehorse.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun]
horsec825
blonkOE
brockc1000
mareOE
stota1100
caplec1290
foala1300
rouncyc1300
scot1319
caballc1450
jade1553
chival1567
prancer1567
ball1570
pranker1591
roussin1602
wormly1606
cheval1609
sonipes1639
neigher1649
quadruped1660
keffel1699
prad1703
jig1706
hoss1815
cayuse1841
yarraman1848
quad1854
plug1860
bronco1869
gee-gee1869
quadrupedant1870
rabbit1882
gee1887
neddy1887
nanto1889
prod1891
goat1894
skin1918
bang-tail1921
horsy1923
steed-
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse
runnera1500
match horse1607
racehorse1607
racer1629
race naga1635
wagoner1859
neddy1887
pony1896
bang-tail1921
1896 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 7 Sept. 3/1 Dud calls this mule a hay-burner.
1903 R. L. McCardell Show Girl & Friends 161 Trim..needs no urging to whack his hay burner.
1942 Bulletin (Sydney) 29 Apr. 12/3 Even the quietest bottle-oh's hayburner is apt to ‘see red’.
1973 N. Y. Times Mag. 1 Apr. i. 36 If the hayburner loses, the bookie..at least breaks even.
2020 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 14 Oct. (Letters section) 19 Anyone who thinks racecourse punters will sit politely..while the nag they have invested their hard-earned on battles it out with another hayburner..is dreaming.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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