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Webster 1913 Edition
Baize
Baize
(bāz)
, Noun.
A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; – usually dyed in plain colors.
A new black
baize
waistcoat lined with silk. Pepys.
Webster 1828 Edition
Baize
BAIZE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
baize
baize
English
Noun
baize (plural baizes)
- A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.
- (dated) A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:
- my goods being all English manufacture, such as cloths, stuffs, baize, and things particularly valuable and desirable in the country, I found means to sell them to a very great advantage...
- 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde:
- At the further end, a flight of stairs mounted to a door covered with a red baize; and through this, Mr. Utterson was at last received into the doctor's cabinet.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:
Translations
woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
Verb
baize (third-person singular simple present baizes, present participle baizing, simple past and past participle baized)
- To cover or line with baize.