Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To apply a dressing of gauze; to cover with gauze. · To mist; to make or become gauze-like.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA thin fabric with a loose, open weave. · A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing. · A thin woven metal or plastic mesh. · Ellipsis of wire gauze
Borrowed from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk”).
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