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▪ I. hazelly, a.1|ˈheɪz(ə)lɪ| [cf. hazel2.] Consisting of a mixture of sand, clay, and earth.
1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1543/1 The stuffe carried..for the erection of the walles at Dover, was earth, being of a haselie mould, chalke and sleech. 1707Mortimer Husb. iii. (1708) 53 All sorts of Land may be reduced to Sandy, Gravelly, Chalky, Stony, Rocky, Hazely, Black⁓earth, Marsh or Boggy, and Clay-land. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Pine, Any dry Soil, especially light hazelly Brick Earth will do. 1796C. Marshall Garden. xix. (1813) 383 The soil proper for carnations is a hazelly or sandy loam, procured from a pasture. ▪ II. hazelly, a.2 [f. hazel1 + -y.] Abounding in or clad with hazel bushes.
1790Burns Elegy Henderson 20 Ye hazly shaws and briery dens! 1833Blackw. Mag. XXXIV. 942 The Steep and hazelly banks of the Woodburn. 1835Clare Rural Muse 158 From the hazelly wood. |