† haye Obs.
Also 7 hayen, hay.
[a. Du. haai, pl. -en, WFlem. haaie, in Kilian 1599 haeye, whence also Sw. haj, mod.Ger. hai (in 1711 häye), all = shark; cf. ON. hár, hárr ‘dog-fish’, and há- in comb. marking fish of the shark kind, as hákarl shark, etc.]
A shark, or a particular species of shark. (Also hay-fish.)
| 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 504 They have of Hayens or Tuberons which devour men, especially such as fish for Pearles. 1665 Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 6 The greedy Hayen called Tuberon or Shark. 1694 Acc. Sev. Late Voy. ii. (1711) 139 They do not fling away the Hays in Spain, but sell them. 1705 W. Bosman Guinea 282 When the Haye seizes his Prey he is obliged to turn himself on his Back. 1731 Medley Kolben's Cape G. Hope II. 193 There are in the Cape sea two sorts of Sharks. The Cape-Europeans call 'em Hayes. 1799 W. Tooke View Russian Emp. III. 105 The Frozen Ocean..teems with..the sea-dog..sea-hog, hay-fish. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Haye, a peculiar ground-shark on the coast of Guinea. |