gauzed


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gauze /gɔːz/
noun
  • 1 a thin transparent fabric.

    Medicine thin, loosely woven cloth used for dressing and swabs.

  • 2 (also wire gauze) a very fine wire mesh.
– derivatives
gauzily adverb,
gauziness noun,
gauzy adjective (gauzier, gauziest).
– origin C16: from Fr. gaze, perh. from Gaza, the name of a town in Palestine.

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