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Definition of Hazelly
1. a. Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown.
Definition of Hazelly
1. Adjective. Of the light brown colour of hazel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hazelly
1. yellowish brown [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hazelly
Literary usage of Hazelly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Types of Scenery and Their Influence on Literature by Archibald Geikie (1898)
"Ye hazelly shaws and briery dens, ... Or trots by hazelly shaws and braes, Wi'
hawthorns gray2. He pictures the stream after a rain-storm, when Tumbling ..."
2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"S. О wtrt my lore t Or trots by hazelly shaws and braes That peeps frac 'neath
the hawthorn spray ... The stream adown its hazelly path, . . . A Vision. ..."
3. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"Hazel, hazelly, (app. to colour—«, g. hazelly mould, hazelly loam,) tic colour
of the hazel-nut, that is—brown, of «light brown. ..."
4. Vincent's Semi-annual United States Register: A Work in which the Principal edited by Francis Vincent (1860)
"In Nebraska, this day, Dr. LD Hickman, brother of 1H11 Hickman, of Mormon notoriety,
was shot by a German, named Harry hazelly ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"Hay-bird, sli. the willow wren, so called from its using hay largely in building
its nest. hazelly, adj. ' Light hazelly land,' /. e. light, poor soil. ..."
6. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1779)
"... open, and gravelly foils, whether black, grey, hazelly, ... or hazelly colour,
and of a foft, fat, and flippery temperament, ..."
7. Landscape in History: And Other Essays by Archibald Geikie (1905)
"... find him appealing to them for sympathy in his ' Ye hazelly shaws and briery
dens, ... Or trots by hazelly shaws and braes, Wi' hawthorns gray. ..."
8. Landscape in History: And Other Essays by Archibald Geikie (1905)
"... find him appealing to them for sympathy in his 0 • ' Ye hazelly shaws and
briery dens, ... Or trots by hazelly shaws and braes, Wi' hawthorns gray. ..."
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