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baize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun baize has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
baize, n. [For bayes, pl. fr. OF. baie; cf. F. bai bay-colored. See Bay a color.].
A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors. [1913 Webster]
"A new black baize waistcoat lined with silk."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
baize, n. a coarse usu. green woollen material resembling felt used as a covering or lining, esp. on the tops of billiard- and card-tables.
Etymology
F baies (pl.) fem. of bai chestnut-coloured (BAY(4)), treated as sing.: cf. BODICE
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