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’.