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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gauze \Gauze\, n. [F. gaze; so called because it was first
introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.]
A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk;
also any fabric resembling silk gauze; as wire gauze;
cotton gauze.
{Gauze dresser}, one employed in stiffening gauze.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gauze \Gauze\, a.
Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as gauze merino
underclothing.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
gauze
n 1: a loosely woven cotton dressing for incisions made during
surgery [syn: {surgical dressing}]
2: a transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn: {netting},
{veiling}]
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