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Webster 1913 Edition

Haze

Haze

(hāz)
,
Noun.
[Cf. Icel.
höss
gray; akin to AS.
hasu
,
heasu
, gray; or Armor.
aézen
,
ézen
, warm vapor, exhalation, zephyr.]
1.
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

,
Verb.
I.
To be hazy, or thick with haze.
Ray.

Haze

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hazed
(hāzd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hazing
.]
[Also
hase
.]
[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 an initiation rite into a fraternity or other group;
as, the sophomores
hazed
a freshman
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Haze

HAZE

,
Noun.
[The primary sense of this word is probably to mix, or to turn, stir and make thick.]
Fog; a watery vapor in the air, or a dry vapor like smoke, which renders the air thick.

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