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• Gauze — (g[add]z), 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. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Gauze dresser — Gauze Gauze (g[add]z), 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• gauze — A bleached cotton cloth of plain weave, used for dressings, bandages, and absorbent sponges; petrolatum g. is saturated with petrolatum. [Fr. gaze, fr. Ar. gazz, raw silk] * * * gauze gȯz n a loosely woven cotton surgical dressing * * * n. thin… …   Medical dictionary

• Gauze — is a thin, translucent fabric with a open weave. Its name may derive etymologically from the Persian word for silk, via the Spanish word gasa .Uses and types*Gauze was originally made of silk. Now used for medical purposes gauze sponges are in… …   Wikipedia

• gauze´like´ — gauze «gz», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a very thin, light cloth, easily seen through. Gauze is made of silk, linen, rayon, or cotton and is used as a fabric and often for bandages. 2. a thinly woven, open material resembling this fabric: »Wire gauze …   Useful english dictionary

• gauze — [gôz] n. [Fr gaze < Sp gasa < Ar ḳazz, raw silk < Pers käž] 1. any very thin, light, transparent, loosely woven material, as of cotton or silk 2. any similar but stiff material, as of thin wire 3. a thin mist …   English World dictionary

• gauze — 1560s, gais, from Fr. gaze, conjectured to be from Arabic gazz raw silk [Barnhart], or from GAZA (Cf. Gaza), Palestinian city associated with production of this fabric [Klein, Du Cagne] …   Etymology dictionary

• Silk — This article is about a natural fiber and the textile woven from it. For other uses, see Silk (disambiguation). Four of the most important domesticated silk worms, together with their adult moth forms, Meyers Konversations Lexikon (1885 1892)… …   Wikipedia

• gauze-like — adjective so thin as to transmit light a hat with a diaphanous veil filmy wings of a moth gauzy clouds of dandelion down gossamer cobwebs sheer silk stockings transparent chiffon vaporous silks …   Useful english dictionary

• gauze — gauzelike, adj. /gawz/, n. 1. any thin and often transparent fabric made from any fiber in a plain or leno weave. 2. a surgical dressing of loosely woven cotton. 3. any material made of an open, meshlike weave, as of wire. 4. a thin haze. [1555… …   Universalium

• gauze — n. 1 a thin transparent fabric of silk, cotton, etc. 2 a fine mesh of wire etc. 3 a slight haze. Etymology: F gaze f. Gaza in Palestine …   Useful english dictionary