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Hazel, or Hazel-tree. The Saxon (see Cockayne, iii. 329) and 
general name for Corylus Avellana, L. ; spelt also Hasel. — Lyte (the 
nuts Hasel-nuts) ; Cumb. (Hazle-bush) ; E. Bord. Eot. E. Bord. ; 
N. Yks. In dies, and iV'.-lF. Line. (E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6) pronounced 
Hazzel. In E. D. S. Gloss. C. 5 {Mid-Yks.) we read; ‘ Hazeling, a 
flogging with a pliable stick or hazel.” Whitby Gloss. In our own 
localities, any kind of a stick may be put to use in hazeliny the back 
of an offending juvenile. Hazel is in common use as an active verb.’ 
In E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8 the word is given as hezzel or hizzel ; and in E. 
D. S. Gloss. C. 6 (AT.-ir. Line.) as hazzel, the signification being the 
same in both cases. Theis (Glossaire du Botanique, p. 134), speaking 
of Corylus, says, ‘ Derive de xopvc, casque, bonnet ; coiffure de tete. 
Son fruit a moitie convert par son enveloppe, ressemble a une tete 
couverte d’un bonnet. Ce qui prouve que cette origine n’est pas 
imaginaire, e’est que les anglo-saxons I’appeloient cle meme noix 
coift'ee, huesl-nutii : hcesel, coiffure, bonnet ; hnutu, noix.’ Prior, 
however (p. 105), favours a different derivation. 
Hazel, Witch. (1) Ulmus montana, Sm. — Lyte, who spells it 
Hassel. ‘ The leaves are . . . like unto the leaves of the Ilasell nut, 
from whence it became to be called Witch hasell! Pai-k. Theatr. 1403. 
In Hants., it is ‘ commonly called Witch ha sell. Old men affirme, that 
when long boughes [bows] were in great use, there were very many 
made of the wood of this tree, for which purpose it is mentioned in 
the statutes of England by the name of Witch Hasell, as 8 El. 10.’ 
Ger. Emac. 1481. See Elm, Witch., dies, (pronounced Hazzle). 
(2) Carpinus Betulus, L. — Ger., who says it is ‘very like to tlie 
elme or wich Hazell tree,’ and adds that it is called ‘ in some places 
Witch hasell.’ Ger. 1296. Park. Index. Ess. Ger. Emac. 1481. 
(3) Pyrus Aucuparia, L. — Yks. Hallamsh. Gloss. ; Hal. 
In N. America the name is commonly applied to Hamamelis vir- 
ginica, L., twigs of which were used as divining-rods, just as those of 
the hazel were in England. ‘ The divining rods, formerly used by 
impostors, who pretended to find precious ores, were made of the 
twigs of this tree ; and in Yirginia, I have been informed, the 
cred^ulous vulgar are still imposed on by persons who pretend to find 
water by the indication of rods of this tree. Hence the name.’ 
Barton’s Compendium Florse Philadelphicm (1818-24). For a paper on 
the Divining Eod, see Gard. Chron., Oct. 17 and Nov. 7, 1874. 
Hazel Crottles {N. of Ireland), Hazel Eag {N. of Ireland), or 
Hazel Raw {Scotl. Jamieson). Sticta pidnfionaria, Ach. 
Hazelwort. Asarwn enropceum, L. — A name adapted by Lyte from 
the German Hazehvurtz, because it was supposed to grow ‘ commonly 
under the haselles, as Cordus saith.’ Lyte, 319. Prior, however 
(p. 105), prefers to derive the name from the resemblance of the calyx 
to the involucre of a nut. 
Hazzel. See Hazel. 
Hazzy Tree. Cratoigus Oxyaeantlia, L. — Bucks. See Azzy-tree. 
Headache. (1) Papaver Rhoeas, L., and sometimes other species, as 
P. Argemone, L., and P. dubium, L. — A widely-distributed name, 
referring, like other names for the same plant (see Blind-eyes and 
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