n. [ OE. hasel, AS. hæsel; akin to D. hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan & Sw. hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus. ]
Hazel earth,
Hazel grouse (Zool.),
Hazel hoe,
Witch hazel.
a.
I sit me down beside the hazel grove. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of haze. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. hæselhnutu. ] The nut of the hazel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A reddish-brown wood and lumber from the heartwood of the sweet gum tree.
n. (Bot.) The asarabacca. [ 1913 Webster ]