bayze

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɪz/
• Rhymes: -eɪz

Noun

bayze (countable and uncountable, plural bayzes)

1. Obsolete form of baize.
   • 1703, William Dampier, A Voyage to New Holland:

     The chief commodities that the European ships bring hither, are linen cloaths, both coarse and fine, some woollens also, as bayzes, searges, perpetuanas, &c.

References

• “bayze”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.