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Webster 1913 Edition
Hazel
Ha′zel
(hā′z’l)
, Noun.
[OE.
hasel
, AS. hæsel
; 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 Corylus avellana
, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are Corylus Americana
, which produces the common hazelnut, and Corylus rostrata
. See Filbert
. Gray.
2.
A miner’s name for freestone.
Raymond.
Hazel earth
, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam.
– Hazel grouse
(Zool.)
, 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
,Adj.
1.
Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel;
as, a
. hazel
wandI sit me down beside the
hazel
grove. Keble.
2.
Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut.
“Thou hast hazel eyes.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hazel
HAZEL
,Noun.
HAZEL
,Adj.
Definition 2024
Hazel
Hazel
See also: hazel
English
Proper noun
Hazel
- A female given name from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.
- A topographic surname for someone who lived near a hazel tree.
Quotations
- 1880 Steele MacKaye: Hazel Kirke ( An Iron Will):
- GREEN. - - Squire Rodney has been looking into your affairs, and, by Jove! he swears you've deceived Hazel Kirke!
- ARTHUR. Deceived her? How?
- GREEN. He says that your marriage to her was a pretence, a farce, a lie.
- 1908 S. Florence Ray: Fallen Petals. page 17:
- In the month of May,
- When all nature seems in touch with hidden jewels,
- We called her Hazel,
- Hazel May.
- 2002 Susan Starbuck: Hazel Wolf: Fighting the Establishment. ISBN 0295982225 page 26:
- Now, as I mentioned earlier, I never liked the name Hazel. I didn't like being called after a nut. I wanted to be called Rosemary, something pretty.
hazel
hazel
See also: Hazel
English
Noun
hazel (usually uncountable, plural hazels)
- A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
- The nut of the hazel tree.
- The wood of a hazelnut tree.
- A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
-
hazel colour:
-
- (mining) freestone
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Raymond to this entry?)
Quotations
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act II, Scene I
- Kate, like the hazel-twig,
- Is straight and slender, and as brown in hue
- As hazel nuts, and sweeter than the kernels.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
hazelnut — see hazelnut
tree / shrub
|
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wood
colour
Adjective
hazel
Derived terms
- hazel grouse
- hazelnut
- witch hazel/wych hazel
Translations
colour
See also
- lamb's tails
- sweet gum
- Appendix:Colors
Extremaduran
Alternative forms
- jadel
Etymology
From Latin facere, active infinitive of the verb faciō (“I do, I make”). Cognate with Italian fare, French faire, Spanish hacer, Asturian facer, facere, Fala fel and Portuguese fazer
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ haˈðel ]
Verb
hazel
Quotations
- "Esta sala de tanta estoria molinera es gastá ogañu pa hazel ritus paganus, pos se vein un pentagrama canteau pabaxu conas letras ebreas enas cincu puntas pintau ena paré i ala isquierda un oju de Oru." Cúyu pan esgarras? - "El molinu las Pilas dela Conquista la Sierra"