HAZEL
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Ha"zel (h&ā;"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 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.
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2. A miner's name for freestone. Raymond.
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Hazel earth, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam. -- Hazel grouse (Zo&ö;l.), 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.
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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.
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I sit me down beside the hazel grove.
Keble.
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2. Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. “Thou hast hazel eyes.” Shak.
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