Part 747

Tennyson.

Above the world's uncertain haze.

Keble.

Haze, v. i. To be hazy, or thick with haze. Ray.

Haze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hazed (hzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hazing.] [Also hase.] [Cf. Sw. haza to hamstring, fr. has hough, OD. hÊssen ham.] 1. To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.

2. To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman.

Ha"zel (h"z'l), n. [OE. hasel, AS. hÊsel; akin to D. hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan & Sw. hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus.] 1. (Bot.) A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are C. Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert. Gray.

2. A miner's name for freestone. Raymond.

Hazel earth, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam. -- Hazel grouse (Zoˆl.), a European grouse (Bonasa betulina), allied to the American ruffed grouse. -- Hazel hoe, a kind of grub hoe. -- Witch hazel. See Witch-hazel, and Hamamelis.

Ha"zel, a. 1. Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand.

I sit me down beside the hazel grove.

Keble.

2. Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. "Thou hast hazel eyes." Shak.

Haze"less (hz"ls), a. Destitute of haze. Tyndall.

Ha"zel*ly (h"z'l*l), a. Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown. Mortimer.

Ha"zel*nut` (h"z'l*nt`), n. [AS. hÊselhnutu.] The nut of the hazel. Shak.

Ha"zel*wort` (-wrt), n. (Bot.) The asarabacca.

Ha"zi*ly (h"z*l), adv. In a hazy manner; mistily; obscurely; confusedly.

Ha"zi*ness, n. The quality or state of being hazy.

Ha"zle (h"z'l), v. t. To make dry; to dry. [Obs.]

Ha"zy (h"z), a. [From Haze, n.] 1. Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze; not clear or transparent. "A tender, hazy brightness." Wordsworth.

2. Obscure; confused; not clear; as, a hazy argument; a hazy intellect. Mrs. Gore.

He (h), pron. [nom. He; poss. His (hz); obj. Him (hm); pl. nom. They (); poss. Their or Theirs (‚rz or rz); obj. Them (m).] [AS. h, masc., heÛ, fem., hit, neut.; pl. h, or hie, hig; akin to OFries. hi, D. hij, OS. he, hi, G. heute to-day, Goth. himma, dat. masc., this, hina, accus. masc., and hita, accus. neut., and prob. to L. hic this. √183. Cf. It.] 1. The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated.

Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Gen. iii. 16.

Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve.

Deut. x. 20.

2. Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and usually followed by a relative pronoun.