[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gauze \gauze\, a.
   having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino
   underclothing.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gauze \gauze\ gaddz, 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

   gauze dresser, one employed in stiffening gauze.
      1913 webster
see also:
gauze dresser 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

gauze
     n 1: medicine bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for
          bandages and dressings syn: gauze bandage
     2: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave syn: netting,
         veiling
see also:
gauze bandage netting veiling 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

50 moby thesaurus words for "gauze":
   ace bandage, band-aid, london fog, london special, adhesive tape,
   application, band, bandage, bandaging, binder, brace, cast,
   cataplasm, compress, cotton, court plaster, cravat, dressing,
   drisk, drizzling mist, elastic bandage, epithem, film, fog,
   four-tailed bandage, frost smoke, haze, lint, mist, pea soup,
   pea-soup fog, peasouper, plaster, plaster cast, pledget, poultice,
   roller, roller bandage, rubber bandage, sling, smog, splint,
   sponge, stupe, tampon, tape, tent, tourniquet, triangular bandage,
   vapor

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