Gauze
[gɔːz] or [gɔz]
Definition
(noun.) a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave.
(noun.) (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings.
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Definition
(n.) A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.
(a.) Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.
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Definition
n. a thin transparent fabric originally of silk now of any fine hard-spun fibre: material slight and open like gauze.—adj. Gauze′-winged having gauzy wings.—n. Gauz′iness.—adj. Gauz′y.—n. Wire′-gauze (see Wire).
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of being dressed in gauze, denotes uncertain fortune. For a lover to see his sweetheart clothed in filmy material, suggests his ability to influence her for good.
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Examples
- The cage allowed air to pass and light to escape, and although by the combustion of the fire-damp the wire gauze might become red hot, it was still efficient as a safety-lamp. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The use of gauze screens was first described by Fox Talbot in British patent No. 565, October 29, 1852. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Mr. Pickwick, do you see the old lady in the gauze turban? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Through the gauze curtain our eyes were all riveted upon the scene within. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He held a forceps with some gauze in the end. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The wire gauze, on to which the pulp is poured, is about 4 feet wide, and 25 feet long, and it is kept constantly moving onwards, by rollers at each end, over which it passes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The gauze held the flame of the lamp from passing through and igniting the fire-damp outside. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The latter is kept moving at exactly the same speed as the wire gauze, otherwise there would be either a rent or a fold on the sheet. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Another method of giving illuminating power to water gas was to surround the flame with platinum gauze, which was rendered incandescent by the heat, and became highly luminous. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It was only possible for a very little of the fire-damp to penetrate the gauze and such as did was held harmless prisoner. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This was an oil lamp which had a chimney or cage of wire gauze. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Mrs. Nupkins was a majestic female in a pink gauze turban and a light brown wig. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The gauze is stretched out perfectly level, and the pulp is prevented from flowing over the edges by straps on each side, which limit the width of the paper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The fire-damp entering the gauze burned quietly inside, but could not carry a high enough temperature through the gauze to explode the large q uantity outside. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The large, strait, gauze sleeve did not at all conceal the symmetry of her beautiful arm. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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