Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Hazardous

Haz″ard‐ous (–ŭs), a. [Cf. F. hasardeux.] Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.To enterprise so hazardous and high! Milton.Syn. — Perilous; dangerous; bold; daring; adventurous; ...

1001

Hazardry

Haz″ard‐ry (–ry̆), n. 1. Playing at hazard; gaming; gambling. Chaucer.2. Rashness; temerity. Spenser.

1002

Haze

Haze (hāz), n. [Cf. Icel. höss gray; akin to AS. hasu, heasu, gray; or Armor. aézen, ézen, warm vapor, exhalation, zephyr.] Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less im...

1003

Haze (2)

Haze, v. i. To be hazy, or thick with haze. Ray.

1004

Haze (3)

Haze, v. 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, dis...

1005

Hazel

Ha″zel (hā″z'l), n. [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 ...

1006

Hazel (2)

Ha″zel, a. 1. Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand.I sit me down beside the hazel grove. Keble.2. Of a ...

1007

Hazeless

Haze″less (hāz″lĕs), a. Destitute of haze. Tyndall.

1008

Hazelly

Ha″zel‐ly (hā″z'l‐ly̆), a. Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown. Mortimer.

1009

Hazelnut

Ha″zel‐nut′ (hā″z'l‐nŭt′), n. [AS. hæselhnutu.] The nut of the hazel. Shak.

1010

Hazelwort

Ha″zel‐wort′ (–wŭrt), n.(Bot.) The asarabacca.

1011

Hazily

Ha″zi‐ly (hā″zĭ‐ly̆), adv. In a hazy manner; mistily; obscurely; confusedly.

1012

Haziness

Ha″zi‐ness, n. The quality or state of being hazy.

1013

Hazle

Ha″zle (hā″z'l), v. t. To make dry; to dry.

1014

Hazy

Ha″zy (hā″zy̆), a. [From Haze, n.] 1. Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze; not clear or transparent. “A tender, hazy brightness.” Wordsworth.2. Obscure; confused; not c...

1015

He

He (hē), pron. [nom.He; poss.His (hĭz); obj.Him (hĭm); pl. nom.They (t͡hā); poss.Their or Theirs (t͡hârz or t͡hārz); obj.Them (t͡hĕm).] [AS. hē, masc., heó, fem., hit, neut.; pl...

1016

Head

Head (hĕd), n. [OE. hed, heved, heaved, AS. heáfod; akin to D. hoofd, OHG. houbit, G. haupt, Icel. höfuð, Sw. hufvud, Dan. hoved, Goth. haubiþ. The word does not correspond regu...

1017

Head (2)

Head (hĕd), a. Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.

1018

Head (3)

Head (hĕd), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Headed; p. pr. & vb. n.Heading.] 1. To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head a...

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Head (4)

Head, v. i. 1. To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river.A broad river, that heads in the great Blue Ridge. Adair.2. To go or point in a certain direction; to tend...

1020

Head gear

Head″ gear′, orHead″gear′ (–gēr′), n. 1. Headdress.2. Apparatus above ground at the mouth of a mine or deep well.

1021

Head-cheese

Head″–cheese′ (–chēz′), n. A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pressed into a cheeselike mass.

1022

Head-hunter

Head″–hunt′er (–hŭnt′ẽr), n. A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borne...

1023

Head-lugged

Head″–lugged′ (–lŭgd′), a. Lugged or dragged by the head. “The head-lugged bear.” Shak.

1024

Headache

Head″ache′ (hĕd″āk′), n. Pain in the head; cephalalgia. “Headaches and shivering fits.” Macaulay.

1025

Headachy

Head″ach′y, a. Afflicted with headache.

1026

Headband

Head″band′ (–bănd), n. 1. A fillet; a band for the head. “The headbands and the tablets.” Is. iii. 20.2. The band at each end of the back of a book.