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A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.

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  1. n. A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.
  2. a. Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.
  3. n. (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
  4. n. a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
  5. 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. Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.
  6. 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.
  7. n:100 n. (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings n. a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave