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Webster 1913 Edition

(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.

Adj.

Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light;

as,

gauze

merino underclothing

Noun.

[L. gausape, or gossipium.]

A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, of silk or linen.