Vocabulary : Hazardry to Haziness
Hazardry : Playing at hazard; gaming; gambling. ;; Rashness; temerity.Haze : 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. ;; To be hazy, or tick with haze. ;; To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work. ;; 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.
Hazed : of Haze
Hazel : 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. ;; A miner's name for freestone. ;; Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand. ;; Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut.
Hazeless : Destitute of haze.
