n. [ F. hasard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr, zār, a die, which, with the article al the, would give azzahr, azzār. ]
I will stand the hazard of the die. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of the utmost hazard. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hazard table,
To run the hazard,
to hazard,
v. t.
Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience. John Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]
He hazards his neck to the halter. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
I hazarded the loss of whom I loved. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
They hazard to cut their feet. Landor.
v. i. To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n.
n. A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. hasardeux. ] Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky. [ 1913 Webster ]
To enterprise so hazardous and high! Milton.
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n. the state of being dangerous.
n.