gauze dresser

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gauze dresser - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gauze \Gauze\ (g[add]z), 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.
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     Gauze dresser, one employed in stiffening gauze.
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