gauze : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gauze	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for gauze
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gauze n (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings Synonym(s): gauze, gauze bandage a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave Synonym(s): gauze, netting, veiling
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.