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Hazard [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Chance; accident; casualty; a fortuitous event; that which falls or comes suddenly or unexpectedly, the cause of which is unknown, or whose operation is unforeseen or unexpected.

2. I will stand the hazard of the die.

3. Danger; peril; risk. He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.

4. Men are led on from one stage of life to another, in a condition of the utmost hazard

5. A game at dice.

6. To run the hazard to risk; to take the chance; to do or neglect to do something, when the consequences are not foreseen, and not within the powers of calculation.

Hazard [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To try the chance; to adventure; to run the risk or danger.

2. Pause a day or two, before you hazard--

Hazard [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To expose to chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk; as, to hazard life to save a friend; to hazard an estate on the throw of a dice; to hazard salvation for temporal pleasure.

2. Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience.

3. To venture to incur, or bring on; as, to hazard the loss or reputation.

Hazard [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A game of chance played with dice.

2. The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.

3. Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.

4. 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.

6. To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.

7. To venture to incur, or bring on.

Hazard [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.

Hazard Encyclopedia Britannica

HAZARD, a game played with dice. The player or * l caster” calls a “main” (that is, any number from five to nine inclusive). He then throws with two dice. If he “throws in,” or “nicks,” he wins the sum played for from the banker or “setter.” Five is a nick to five, six and twelve are nicks to six, seven and eleven to seven, eight and twelve to eight, and nine to nine. If the caster “throws out” by throwing aces, or deuce, ace (called crabs), he loses. When the main is five or nine the caster throws out with eleven or twelve; when the main is six or eight he throws out with eleven; when the main is seven he throws out with twelve. If the caster neither nicks nor throws out, the number thrown is his “chance,” and he keeps on throwing till either the chance comes up, when he wins, or till the main comes up, when he loses. When a chance is thrown, the “odds” for or against the chance are laid by the setter to the amount of the original stake.

Suppose, for example, 7 is the main. If the caster throws 7 or 11 he wins; if he throws aces, crabs, or 12 he loses. If he throws any other number, that is his chance. Say 7 is the main and 4 the chance, the odds against the caster are now 2 to 1 (as will appear from the table below). If the stake were £1, the setter would lay £2 to £1 in addition. The caster goes on throwing till either 7 or 4 appears, when he loses £2 or wins £3.

In laying the odds, the setter gains no advantage, as can easily be shown, examining the various ways in which two dice can be thrown. [table]

in all 36 ways. The table shows that there are six ways in which i can be thrown, three ways in which 4 can be thrown. Hence the odds are 6 to 3, or 2 to 1....

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 11, p. 547
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Hazardable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

That is liable to hazard or chance.

Hazardable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Liable to hazard or chance; uncertain; risky.

2. Such as can be hazarded or risked.

Hazarded [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Put at risk or in danger; ventured.

Hazarded [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Hazarder [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who ventures or puts at stake.

Hazarder [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A player at the game of hazard; a gamester.

2. One who hazards or ventures.

Hazarding [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Exposing to danger or peril; venturing to bring on.

Hazarding [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Hazardize [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard.

Hazardous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Dangerous; that exposes to peril or danger of loss or evil; as a hazardous attempt or experiment.

Hazardous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.

Hazardously [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

With danger of loss or evil; with peril.

Hazardry [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Rashness; temerity.

2. Gaming in general.

Hazardry [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Playing at hazard; gaming; gambling.

2. Rashness; temerity.

Chance Roget’s Thesaurus §156

N. chance, indetermination, accident, fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, chance medley, random, luck, raccroc, casualty, contingence, adventure, hit, fate, equal chance, lottery, tombola, toss up, turn of the table, turn of the cards, hazard of the die, chapter of accidents, fickle finger of fate, cast of the dice, throw of the dice, heads or tails, flip of a coin, wheel of fortune, sortes, sortes virgilianae, probability, possibility, odds, long odds, run of luck, accidentalness, main chance, odds on, favorable odds, contingency, dependence (uncertainty) 475, situation (circumstance) 8, statistics, theory of probabilities, theory of chances, bookmaking, assurance, speculation, gaming

V. chance, hap, turn up, fall to one's lot, be one's -fate, stumble on light upon, take one's chance

Adj. casual, fortuitous, accidental, adventitious, causeless, incidental, contingent, uncaused, undetermined, indeterminate, random, statistical, possible, unintentional

Adv. by chance, accidentally, by accident, casually, perchance, for aught one knows, as good would have it, as bad would have it, as luck would have it, as ill-luck would have it, as chance would have it, as it may be, as it may chance, as it may turn up, as it may happen, as the case may be

Phr. "grasps the skirts of happy chance", "the accident of an accident", "there but for the grace of god go i." 2, connection between cause and effect

Belief Roget’s Thesaurus §484

N. belief, credence, credit, assurance, faith, trust, troth, confidence, presumption, sanguine expectation, dependence on, reliance on, persuasion, conviction, convincement, plerophory, self- conviction, certainty, opinion, mind, view, conception, thinking, impression, surmise, conclusion, tenet, dogma, principle, way of thinking, popular belief, firm belief, implicit belief, settled belief, fixed rooted deep-rooted belief, staunch belief, unshaken belief, steadfast belief, inveterate belief, calm belief, sober belief, dispassionate belief, impartial belief, well-founded belief, firm opinion, implicit opinion, settled opinion, fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion, staunch opinion, unshaken opinion, steadfast opinion, inveterate opinion, calm opinion, sober opinion, dispassionate opinion, impartial opinion, well-founded opinion &c, uberrima fides, system of opinions, school, doctrine, articles, canons, article of faith, declaration of faith, profession of faith, tenets, credenda, creed, thirty-nine articles, catechism, assent, propaganda, credibility

V. believe, credit, give faith to, give credit to, credence to, see, realize, assume, receive, set down for, take for, have it, take it, consider, esteem, presume, count upon, depend upon, calculate upon, pin one's faith upon, reckon upon, lean upon, build upon, rely upon, rest upon, lay one's account for, make sure of, make oneself easy about, on that score, take on trust, take on credit, take for granted, take for gospel, allow some weight to, attach some weight to, know, know for certain, have know, make no doubt, doubt not, be, rest assured, persuade oneself, assure oneself, satisfy oneself, make up one's mind, give one credit for, confide in, believe in, put one's trust in, place in, repose in, implicit confidence in, take one's word for, at one's word, place reliance on, rely upon, swear by, regard to, think, hold, take, take it, opine, be of opinion, conceive, trow, ween, fancy, apprehend, have it, hold a belief, possess, entertain a belief, adopt a belief, imbibe a belief, embrace a belief, get hold of a belief, hazard, foster, nurture a belief, cherish a belief, have an opinion, hold an opinion, possess, entertain an opinion, adopt an opinion, imbibe an opinion, embrace an opinion, get hold of an opinion, hazard an opinion, foster an opinion, nurture an opinion, cherish an opinion, view as, consider as, take as, hold as, conceive as, regard as, esteem as, deem as, look upon as, account as, set down as, surmise, get it into one's head, take it into one's head, come round to an opinion, swallow, cause to be believed, satisfy, persuade, have the ear of, gain the confidence of, assure, convince, convict|, convert, wean, bring round, bring over, win over, indoctrinate, cram down the throat, produce conviction, carry conviction, bring home to, drive home to, go down, find credence, pass current, be received, be current, possess, take hold of, take possession of the mind

Adj. believing, certain, sure, assured, positive, cocksure, satisfied, confident, unhesitating, convinced, secure, under the impression, impressed with, imbued with, penetrated with, confiding, suspectless, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, void of suspicion, credulous, wedded to, believed, accredited, putative, unsuspected, worthy of, deserving of, commanding belief, credible, reliable, trustworthy, to be depended on, satisfactory, probably, fiducial, fiduciary, persuasive, impressive, relating to belief, doctrinal

Adv. in the opinion of, in the eyes of, me judice, meseems, methinks, to the best of one's belief, i dare say, i doubt not, i have no doubt, i am sure, sure enough, depend upon, rely upon it, be assured, rest assured, i'll warrant you

Phr. experto crede, fata viam invenient, justitiae soror incorrupta fides, "live to explain thy doctrine by thy life", "stands not within the prospect of belief", tarde quae credita laedunt credimus, vide et crede

Chance. 2 Roget’s Thesaurus §621

N. chance, lot, fate, luck, good luck, mascot, speculation, venture, stake, game of chance, mere shot, random shot, blind bargain, leap in the dark, pig in a poke, fluke, potluck, faro bank, flyer*, limit, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, heisenberg's uncertainty principle, drawing lots, sortilegy, sortition|, sortes, sortes virgilianae, rouge et noir, hazard, ante, chuck-a-luck, crack-loo, craps, faro, roulette, pitch and toss, chuck, farthing, cup tossing, heads or tails cross and pile, poker-dice, wager, bet, betting, gambling, the turf, gaming house, gambling house, betting house, bucket shop, gambling joint, totalizator, totalizer, hell, betting ring, dice, dice box, gambler, gamester, man of the turf, adventurer, dicer|

V. chance, stand a chance, toss up, cast lots, draw lots, leave to chance, trust to chance, leave to the chapter of accidents, trust to the chapter of accidents, tempt fortune, chance it, take one's chance, take a shot at it (attempt) 675, run the risk, run the chance, incur the risk, incur the chance, encounter the risk, encounter the chance, stand the hazard of the die, speculate, try one's luck, set on a cast, raffle, put into a lottery, buy a pig in a poke, shuffle the cards, risk, venture, hazard, stake, ante, lay, lay a wager, make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for, play at chuck farthing

Adj. fortuitous, unintentional, unintended, accidental, not meant, undesigned, purposed, unpremeditated, unforeseen, uncontemplated, never thought of, random, indiscriminate, promiscuous, undirected, aimless, driftless, designless, purposeless, causeless, without purpose, possible, unforeseeable, unpredictable, chancy, risky, speculative, dicey

Adv. randomly, by chance, fortuitously, unpredictably, unforeseeably, casually, unintentionally, unwittingly, en passant, by the way, incidentally, as it may happen, at random, at a venture, at haphazard

Phr. acierta errando, dextro tempore, "fearful concatenation of circumstances", "fortuitous combination of circumstances", le jeu est le fils d'avarice et le pere du desespoir, "the happy combination of fortuitous circumstances", "the fortuitous or casual concourse of atoms", "god does not play dice with the universe"

Danger Roget’s Thesaurus §665

N. danger, peril, insecurity, jeopardy, risk, hazard, venture, precariousness, slipperiness, instability, defenselessness &c

V. be in danger, be exposed to danger, run into danger, incur danger, encounter danger, run a risk, lay oneself open to, lean on a broken reed, trust to a broken reed, feel the ground sliding from under one, have to run for it, have the chances against one, have the odds against one, face long odds, be in deep trouble, be between a rock and a hard place, hang by a thread, totter, sleep on a volcano, stand on a volcano, sit on a barrel of gunpowder, live in a glass house, bring in danger, place in danger, put in danger, place in jeopardy, put in jeopardy, endanger, expose to danger, imperil, jeopard, jeopardize, compromise, sail too near the wind, adventure, risk, hazard, venture, stake, set at hazard, run the gauntlet, engage in a forlorn hope, threaten danger, run one hard, lay a trap for

Adj. in danger, exposure, endangered, vulnerability, fraught with danger, vulnerable point, dangerous, heel of achilles, hazardous, forlorn hope, perilous, leap in the dark, parlous, road to ruin, periculous|, faciles descensus averni, unsafe, hairbreadth escape, unprotected &c. (safe, protect ), cause for alarm, insecure, source of danger, untrustworthy, rock ahead, built upon sand, breakers ahead, on a sandy basis, storm brewing, wildcat, clouds in the horizon, defenseless, clouds gathering, fenceless, warning, guardless, alarm, harborless, apprehension, unshielded, vulnerable, expugnable, exposed, open to, aux abois, at bay, on the wrong side of the wall, on a lee shore, on the rocks, at stake, in question, precarious, critical, ticklish, slippery, slippy, hanging by a thread, with a halter round one's neck, between the hammer and the anvil, between scylla and charybdis, between a rock and a hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between two fires, on the edge of a precipice, on the brink of a precipice, on the verge of a precipice, on the edge of a volcano, in the lion's den, on slippery ground, under fire, not out of the wood, unwarned, unadmonished, unadvised, unprepared, off one's guard, tottering, unstable, unsteady, shaky, top-heavy, tumbledown, ramshackle, crumbling, waterlogged, helpless, guideless, in a bad way, reduced to the last extremity, at the last extremity, trembling in the balance, nodding to its fall, threatening, ominous, illomened, alarming, explosive, adventurous, (bold) 861

Phr. incidit in scyllam qui vult vitare charybdim, nam tua res agitur paries dum proximus ardet