Haze
Haze (hāz) , noun
[Compare Icelandic hoss gray; akin to Anglo-Saxon hasu, heasu, gray; or Armor. aézen, ézen, warm vapor, exhalation, zephyr.]
1.
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.
2.
A state of confusion, uncertainty, or vagueness of thought or perception; as, after the explosion, people were wandering around in a haze.
Haze , intransitive verb
To be hazy, or thick with haze. — Ray
Haze (hāzd) , transitive verb
[Compare Swedish haza to hamstring, from has hough, OD. hassen ham.]
1.
To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work.
2.
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.