Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HAY'-MAR-KET, n.

A place for the sale of hay.

HAY'-MOW, n.

A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.

HAY'-RICK, n.

A rick of hay; usually a long pile for preservation in the open air.

HAY'-STACK, n.

A stack or large conical pile of hay in the open air, laid up for preservation.

HAY'-WARD, n. [hay and ward, hedgeward.]

A person who keeps the common herd or cattle of a town, and guards hedges or fences. In New England, the hayward is a town officer, whose duty is to impound cattle, and particularly swine which are found running at large in the highways, contrary to law.

HAZ'ARD, n. [Fr. hasard; probably from the root of L. casus, a fall, and ard, the common termination. But qu. the word in Italian is azzardo.]

1. Chance; accident; casualty; a fortuitous event; that which falls or comes suddenly or unexpectedly, the cause of which is unknown, or whose operation is unforeseen or unexpected. I will stand the hazard of the die. Shak.
2. Danger; peril; risk. He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life. Men are led on from one stage of life to another, in a condition of the utmost hazard. Rogers.
3. A game at dice. Swift.
4. To run the hazard, to risk; to take the chance; to do or neglect to do something, when the consequences are not foreseen, and not within the powers of calculation.

HAZ'ARD, v.i.

To try the chance; to adventure; to run the risk or danger. Pause a day or two before you hazard. Shak.

HAZ'ARD, v.t. [Fr. hasarder.]

1. To expose to chance; to put in danger of loss or injury to venture; to risk; as, to hazard life to save a friend; to hazard an estate on the throw of a die; to hazard salvation for temporal pleasure. Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience. J. Clarke.
2. To venture to incur, or bring on; as, to hazard the loss of reputation.

HAZ'ARD-A-BLE, a.

That is liable to hazard or chance. Brown.

HAZ'ARD-ED, pp.

Put at risk or in danger; ventured.

HAZ'ARD-ER, n.

One who ventures or puts at stake.

HAZ'ARD-ING, ppr.

Exposing to danger or peril; venturing to bring on.

HAZ'ARD-OUS, a.

Dangerous; that exposes to peril or danger of loss or evil; as, a hazardous attempt or experiment.

HAZ'ARD-OUS-LY, adv.

With danger of loss or evil; with peril.

HAZ'ARD-OUS-NESS, n.

State of being attended with danger.

HAZ'ARD-RY, n.

1. Rashness; temerity. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. Gaming in general. [Obs.] Chaucer.

HAZE, n. [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.

HAZE, v.i.

To be foggy. [A local word.] Ray.

HAZE, v.t.

To frighten. [Not used.] Ainsworth.

HA-ZEL, a. [ha'zl.]

Pertaining to the hazel or like it, of a light brown color, like the hazel-nut.

HA'ZEL, n. [ha'zl; Sax. hæsel, a hat or cap; hæsl, hazel; hæsl-nutu, hazel-nut; G. hasel; D. hazelaar; Dan. hassel, hasselnöd; Sw. hassel. By the Saxon it appears that the word signifies a cap, and the name of the nut, a cap-nut.]

A shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild farinaceous taste. Encyc.

HA'ZEL-EARTH, n.

A kind of red loam. Encyc.

HA'ZEL-LY, a.

Of the color of the hazel-nut; of a light brown. Mortimer. Encyc.

HA'ZEL-NUT, n.

The nut or fruit of the hazel.

HA'ZY, a. [See Haze.]

Foggy; misty; thick with vapor; as, hazy weather; the hazy north. Thomson.