HAZARDING

Verb

hazarding

present participle of hazard

Noun

hazarding (plural hazardings)

Something hazarded or ventured; a guess or speculation.

Source: Wiktionary

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HAZARD

Haz"ard, n. Etym: [F. hazard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr, zar, a die, which, with the article al the, would give azzahr, azzar.]

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

Definition: 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 a table on which hazard is played, or any game of chance for stakes.

– To ru, to take the chance or risk.

Syn.

– Danger; risk; chance. See Danger.

Haz"ard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hazarded; p. pr. & vb. Hazarding.] Etym: [Cf. F. hazarder. 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, v. i.

Definition: To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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