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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions haze noun  Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. 1772 December, James Cook, wikisource:A_Voyage_Towards_the_South_pole_and_Around_the_World, A_Voyage_Towards_the_South_pole_and_Around_the_World, vol. 1 ch. 2: Our hopes, however, soon vanished; for before eight o'clock, the serenity of the sky was changed into a thick , accompanied with rain. 1895, H.G. Wells, wikisource:The Cone, The Cone: A blue , half dust, half mist, touched the long valley with mystery. The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent. 1998, Leonard I. Nass and Charles A. Heiberger, Encyclopedia of PVC http://books.google.com/books?id=mDe7EidmglIC&, ISBN 0824778227, page 318: Haze is listed as a percent value and, typically, is about 1% for meat film. (brewing, countable) Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine. 1985, Philip Jackisch, Modern Winemaking http://books.google.com/books?id=Zf-24UvvT4oC, ISBN 0801414555, page 69: Various clarifying and fining agents are used in winemaking to remove hazes. Mental confusion; the state of being in a haze. 2000, Daphné Du Maurier, The Scapegoat http://books.google.com/books?id=cf4-iVG03pEC, ISBN 081221725X, page 218: In my of alcohol, I thought for one crazy instant that he had plumbed my secret. Translations:  German: Dunst Spanish: bruma (trans-bottom) (trans-top, degree of cloudiness in a glass or plastic) verb (hazes, hazing, hazed) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college or military unit. Translations:         Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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