Obs. [f. HAY, enclosure, OE. heʓe hedge, fence.] A churchyard; = prec.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 318. Ich … eode oðe pleouwe ine chircheie [v.r. chirch ȝeard].
1417. E. E. Wills (1882), 26. That my body be Beryed in the Chirchhey of the Paryshchurch of Thornecombe.
a. 1450. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 626. Chyrche-haye, cimiteriumque.
c. 1450. Myrc, 330. Wyth-ynne chyrche & seyntwary [v.r. chirch hay].
1880. E. 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.
