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marsh hay 
a kind of broadleafed grass, Spartina sp., common in marshes and used as hay.
See also: marsh broadleaf
- 1821 (1955) New Settlers, unless they get marsh hay along with their farms at first, get slowly on in keeping stock.
- 1924 There is every indication of a poor [hay] crop. . . . The Indians who depend upon the marsh hay have the same cry.
- 1945 [Thatch] was made with "a rank sort of grass growing in the marshes, much like the flags which are everywhere in our English brooks". (To-day at Rupert's House it is known as "marsh hay", and is used for feeding the cattle).
- 1821 (1955) New Settlers, unless they get marsh hay along with their farms at first, get slowly on in keeping stock.