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3 definitions found 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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