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Webster 1913 Edition

Hazel

Ha′zel

(hā′z’l)
,
Noun.
[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 tree of the genus
Corylus
, as the
Corylus avellana
, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are
Corylus Americana
, which produces the common hazelnut, and
Corylus rostrata
. See
Filbert
.
Gray.
2.
A miner’s name for freestone.
Raymond.
Hazel earth
,
soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam.
–
Hazel grouse
(Zool.)
,
a European grouse (
Bonasa betulina
), allied to the American ruffed grouse.
–
Hazel hoe
,
a kind of grub hoe.
–
Witch hazel
.
See
Witch-hazel
, and
Hamamelis
.

Ha′zel

,
Adj.
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 light brown color, like the hazelnut.
“Thou hast hazel eyes.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hazel

HAZEL

,
Noun.
ha'zl. A shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild farinaceous taste.

HAZEL

,
Adj.
ha'zl. Pertaining to the hazel or like it; of a light brown color, like the hazel-nut.

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