Defn: 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. O'er the sky The silvery haze of summer drawn. Tennyson. Above the world's uncertain haze. Keble.
HAZE
Haze, v. i.
Defn: To be hazy, or tick with haze. Ray.
HAZE Haze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hazing.] [Also haze.] Etym: [Cf. Sw. haza to hamstring, fr. has hough, OD. hæssen 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.
HAZEL Ha"zel, n. Etym: [OE. hasel, AS. hæsel; akin to D. hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan & Sw. hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: 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 (Zoöl.), 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.