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Webster 1913 Edition
Maze
Maze
(māz)
, Noun.
[OE.
mase
; cf. OE. masen
to confuse, puzzle, Norweg. masast
to fall into a slumber, masa
to be continually busy, prate, chatter, Icel. masa
to chatter, dial. Sw. masa
to bask, be slow, work slowly and lazily, mas
slow, lazy.] 1.
A wild fancy; a confused notion.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment.
3.
A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an intricacy; a labyrinth.
“Quaint mazes on the wanton green.” Shak.
Or down the tempting
maze
of Shawford brook. Wordaworth.
The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate,
Puzzled with
Puzzled with
mazes
, and perplexed with error. Addison.
Syn. – Labyrinth; intricacy. See
Labyrinth
. Maze
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Mazed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mazing
.] To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to amaze.
South.
Maze
,Verb.
I.
To be bewildered.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Maze
MAZE
, n.1.
A winding and turning; perplexed state of things; intricacy; a state that embarrasses. The ways of heaven are dark and intricate,
Puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error.
2.
Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty.3.
A labyrinth.MAZE
,Verb.
T.
MAZE
,Verb.
I.