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slough hay West

• 1 any of several coarse grasses, Muhlenbergia spp., growing in the sloughs of the Prairies or of the interior of B.C.

  See also: slough grass   

  • 1934  In the tall slough hay beside them[,] orange lilies raised their heads waist high. . . .
  • 1948  I have often seen them kneeling on their forelegs to feed in comfort on short willows and slough hay.

• 2 hay from slough grass.

  See also: slough grass   

  • 1955  _{FOR SALE}--Baled slough hay, wire tied, $10.00 per ton.
  • 1957  The Indian agent put up a wing next to the school and at last the Jordens could occupy a real bedroom--one made of boards and covered with long slough hay and clay.