Английский Этимологический словарь - haze (v.)

- "subject to cruel horseplay," 1850, Amer.Eng. student slang, from earlier nautical sense of "punish by keeping at unpleasant and unnecessary hard work" (1840), perhaps from hawze "terrify, frighten, confound" (1678), from M.Fr. haser "irritate, annoy," of unknown origin.