Haz"ard , n. (Golf) Any place into which the ball may not
be safely played, such as bunkers, furze, water, sand, or other kind of
bad ground.
Haz"ard (hăz"&etilde;rd), v. i. To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger. Shak.
Haz"ard , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hazarded;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hazarding.]
[Cf. F. hasarder. See Hazard, n.]
1. To expose to
the operation of chance; to
put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.
Men
hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience.
John Clarke. He hazards his neck to the halter.
Fuller. 2. To venture to
incur, or bring on.
I hazarded the loss of whom I loved.
Shak. They hazard to cut their feet.
Landor. Syn. -- To venture; risk; jeopard; peril; endanger.
Haz"ard (hăz"&etilde;rd), n. [F. hasard, Sp. azar
an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw
at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr, zār, a die, which, with the article al the, would give azzahr,
azzār.]
1. A game of chance played with dice. Chaucer.
2.
The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a
fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.
I will stand
the hazard of the die.
Shak. 3.
Risk; danger; peril; as, he
encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
Men are led on from one stage of
life to another in a
condition of the utmost hazard.
Rogers.
4. (Billiards) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's
ball (losing hazard).
5. Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in
gaming. "Your latter hazard."
Shak.
Hazard table, a table on which hazard is played, or any
game of chance for stakes. -- To run the hazard, to take the chance or risk.
Syn. -- Danger; risk; chance. See Danger.
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