haze1
  
  n.
  - a slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere, typically caused by fine suspended particles.
- a state of obscurity or confusion:![]()  through an alcoholic haze. 
v.
 obscure with a haze.
Etymology
  C18: prob. a back-form. from hazy.
 
  
    
haze2
  
  v.
 N. Amer.  - torment or harass (a new student or recruit) by subjection to strenuous, humiliating, or dangerous tasks.
- drive (cattle) while on horseback.
Etymology
  C17 (orig. Scots and dial. in the sense ‘frighten, scold, or beat’): perh. rel. to obs. Fr. haser ‘tease or insult’.