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noun

Haze n.

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." "Above the world's uncertain haze."

A state of confusion, uncertainty, or vagueness of thought or perception; as, after the explosion, people were wandering around in a haze.

verb

Haze v. t. (past & past part. hazed; pres. part. hazing) (Also hase)

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 an initiation rite into a fraternity or other group; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman.

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

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Etymology of 'Haze'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Haze" Quotes from Famous Books

... in the heart of a man who sees his own land again after long days at sea, but none of that joy might be mine as the long lines of the South Downs showed blue through the haze of the late September day. Only the promise of Lodbrok's son, that on English shores I should not fight, helped me a little, else should I have been fain to end it all, axe to axe with Rorik on the narrow deck just now, ...

— Wulfric the Weapon Thane • Charles W. Whistler

... around to the southeast the country is flat, and covered with forest, but near Senna a number of little abrupt conical hills diversify the scenery. To the west and north the country is also flat forest, which gives it a sombre appearance; but just in the haze of the horizon southwest by south, there rises a mountain range equal in height to Morumbala, and called Nyamonga. In a clear day another range beyond this may be seen, which is Gorongozo, once a station of the Jesuits. Gorongozo is famed for its clear cold waters and healthiness, ...

— Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa - Journeys and Researches in South Africa • David Livingstone

... was a tap of cold water. Then we ascended through a small aperture into another and warmer room, spacious enough, but stifling with a sickening acid odour of perspiration and fumes of over-heated human skins. The steam heat was so great that one saw everything in a haze, and one felt one's own pores expand and one's clothes get quite wet with the absorbed damp in ...

— Across Coveted Lands - or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland • Arnold Henry Savage Landor

... of the Enclave loomed up before him. Behind them, just visible in the purplish twilight haze, were the tips of the shining towers of the Earther city outside. Somewhere ...

— Starman's Quest • Robert Silverberg

... abides. The seas in delicate haze Go off. Those mooned sands forsake their place; And where they are shall other seas in turn Mow with their sands of ...

— Memoirs of Life and Literature • W. H. Mallock

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