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<hw>Haze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>h\'94ss</ets> gray; akin to AS. <ets>hasu</ets>, <ets>heasu</ets>, gray; or Armor. <ets>a\'82zen</ets>, <ets>\'82zen</ets>, warm vapor, exhalation, zephyr.]</ety> <def>Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness.</def>

<blockquote>O'er the sky The silvery <b>haze</b> of summer drawn. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Above the world's uncertain <b>haze</b>. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Haze</h1> <Xpage=676>

<hw>Haze</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be hazy, or tick with haze.</def>

<i>Ray.</i>

<h1>Haze</h1> <Xpage=676>

<hw>Haze</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hazed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hazing</er>.]</wordforms> <altsp>[Also <asp>haze</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Cf. Sw. <ets>haza</ets> to hamstring, fr. <ets>has</ets> hough, OD. <ets>h\'91ssen</ets> ham.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.</def>

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

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<hw>Ha"zel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hasel</ets>, AS. <ets>h\'91sel</ets>; akin to D. <ets>hazelaar</ets>, G. <ets>hazel</ets>, OHG. <ets>hasal</ets>, <ets>hasala</ets>, Icel. <ets>hasl</ets>, Dan & Sw. <ets>hassel</ets>, L. <ets>corylus</ets>, for <ets>cosylus</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A shrub or small tree of the genus <spn>Corylus</spn>, as the <spn>C. avellana</spn>, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are <spn>C. Americana</spn>, which produces the common hazelnut, and <spn>C. rostrata</spn>. See <er>Filbert</er>.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A miner's name for freestone.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<cs><col>Hazel earth</col>, <cd>soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam.</cd> -- <col>Hazel grouse</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a European grouse (<spn>Bonasa betulina</spn>), allied to the American ruffed grouse.</cd> -- <col>Hazel hoe</col>, <cd>a kind of grub hoe.</cd> -- <col>Witch hazel</col>. <cd>See <er>Witch-hazel</er>, and <er>Hamamelis</er>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Ha"zel</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; <as>as, a <ex>hazel</ex> wand</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I sit me down beside the <b>hazel</b> grove. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut.</def> "Thou hast <i>hazel</i> eyes."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Hazeless</h1> <Xpage=676>

<hw>Haze"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of haze.</def>

<i>Tyndall.</i>

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<hw>Ha"zel*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown.</def>

<i>Mortimer.</i>

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<hw>Ha"zel*nut`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>h\'91selhnutu</ets>.]</ety> <def>The nut of the hazel.</def>