hazel-gild, v. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

hazel-gild v.

also hazel-geld

[B.E. has sp. hazel-geld, but this may be a printer’s error]

to beat with a hazel rod.

c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Hazle-geld, to Beat any one with a Hazle-Stick or Plant.
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
c.1750–1882		B.M. Carew Life and Adventures.
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
c.1850		Duncombe New and Improved Flash Dict.