gauze
gauze / gôz/ • n. a thin translucent fabric of silk, linen, or cotton. ∎ (also wire gauze) a very fine wire mesh. ∎ Med. thin, loosely woven cloth used for dressing and swabs. ∎ [in sing.] fig. a transparent haze or film: they saw the grasslands through a gauze of golden dust.DERIVATIVES: gauz·i·ly / -zəlē/ adv.gauz·i·ness n.gauz·y adj.
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gauze XVI. — F. gaze, prob. f. Gaza name of a town in Palestine.
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