Hazard \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.
Hazard \Haz"ard\ (h[a^]z"[~e]rd), v. i. To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger. --Shak.
Hazard \Haz"ard\ (h[a^]z"[~e]rd), n. [F. hasard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr, z[=a]r, a die, which, with the article al the, would give azzahr, azz[=a]r.] 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.
6. (Golf) Any place into which the ball may not be safely played, such as bunkers, furze, water, sand, or other kind of bad ground. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{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}.
It might look at moments like Euro-crash - bodies slamming to the floor; danger the essential in every step - but its emotional force and wild logic, its skilled disdain for hazard, were hugely effective.
Second, it avoids the "moral hazard" problem of rewarding countries that have not undertaken significant adjustment measures or that do not need debt relief.
The magazine didn't cite the Ultradrive as a serious safety hazard, and neither the Center for Auto Safety nor Chrysler have reports of serious injury or death from the problem.
The service had acknowledged earlier that radio wave interference could cause "uncommanded control inputs," moving the helicopter's horizontal stabilator slightly, but not to the extent of posing a flight safety hazard.
Grant also believes there is a hazard in the growing use of home studios to work out musical ideas, rather than exposure to audiences and their reactions.
What makes it bad as a health hazard is the fumes and exposure to it," said Metro-Dade Fire Department spokesman John Carroll.
You should also check if you need to set up a trust for the policy so as to avoid inheritance tax problems. Smoking has long been recognised as a health hazard and insurers began offering discounts to non-smokers more than 10 years ago.
'I can say so; I'm an artist.' In Hunt's day it had been passed only twice: 'It was a real hazard to be reckoned with.' A greater problem still was the last 1,000ft or so to the summit: 'There was that uncertainty about man's ability to do it.
The agency also says hundreds of thousands of clown dolls are being recalled because they pose a choking hazard.
For more than a decade, the poison has been detected in Southerners and doctors have debated whether it is a serious health hazard.
While the study did not examine the effects of passive smoking on the heart, some believe this may be an even more important hazard.
It is these beads that may become detached and pose a potentially fatal choking hazard, the commission said Wednesday.
A one-block area was sealed off and police authorized eight people to shoot the pigeons, which had been damaging buildings and posing a health hazard to the community, said Police Chief Elliot Arens.
FDA District Director Raymond Mlecko said there was no health hazard involved.
"This study means that if there is a hazard with drinking caffeinated coffee, it's going to be very small, and there may be none at all," said Dr. Walter Willett, who directed the study at the Harvard School of Public Health.
"And we acted immediately to cease production when we detected a change." Company officials had not detected anything that would indicate a health hazard, Steinhubl said.
Mollie Jordan said she had left the burglar bars unlocked to avoid a fire hazard and could not explain why the sofa blocked the front door.
Mr. Laine, who also has a lengthy aerospace resume, said in his lawsuit that he was told by Thiokol officials to stop his work on the potential hazard of the electromagnetic plume and concentrate only on "cut and paste" rehashes of old reports.
Ralston Purina Co. is recalling 21 million toy race cars offered as premiums with several cereals because the vehicles can come apart and be a choking hazard to small children.
Dr. Whelan's campaign has taken her to former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who recently stated that Alar "did not pose a health hazard," and to the American Medical Association, which basically agreed.
They can pose a serious hazard, with three deaths reported in the last 18 years and an estimated 670 annual injuries, the safety agency said.
They say Salz, who at one time worked as a part-time electrical inspector, was charged only because he recklessly took actions he should have known would cause a fire hazard.
His circle devised a new system which now means that no one needs to enter the hazard area. The sometimes roguishly self-named circles have plaques created in token of their achievements.
The 12-nation European Economic Community has complained to GATT about the growth hormones, which it considers a health hazard, and about U.S. threats of retaliation.
Make costumes short enough to avoid tripping, and dress youngsters in shoes that fit _ mom's high heels can be a hazard to youngsters, the National Safety Council warns.
Oceanographer Norm Buske and his wife, mathematician Linda Josephson, said they wanted to alert state and federal officials that contamination of vegetation near the closed N Reactor could pose a safety hazard.
"Disturbing asbestos brakes, shingles, or siding already in place where there is no health or safety reason to do so can cause a much greater health hazard than leaving them in place," said Reilly.
Benzene is a suspected cause of cancer, although U.S. and French authorities say the amount in Perrier was too low to present a real health hazard.
Boredom is an occupational hazard for a dog trained in big-city traffic, then assigned to Vermont.
"I can assure you this: If we felt there was any hazard to the population, we wouldn't be doing what we're doing," said Richard Clark, director of the state's Medfly Eradication Project.