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Webster 1913 Edition
Gauze
Gauze
(ga̤z)
, Noun.
[F.
gaze
; so called because it was first introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.] A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze;
as, wire
gauze
; cotton gauze
.Gauze dresser
, one employed in stiffening gauze.
Gauze
,Adj.
Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light;
as,
. gauze
merino underclothingWebster 1828 Edition
Gauze
GAUZE
,Noun.
A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, of silk or linen.
Definition 2024
gauze
gauze
English
Noun
gauze (plural gauzes)
- A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
- A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.
- A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.
- Wire gauze, used as fence.
- Mist or haze
Translations
thin fabric with open weave
cotton fabric used as surgical dressing
woven metal or plastic mesh
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wire gauze used as fence
Verb
gauze (third-person singular simple present gauzes, present participle gauzing, simple past and past participle gauzed)