Definition of "gauzes" [gauzes]

• Plural form of gauze. (noun)

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• "Are slaveholders dunces, or do they take all the rest of the world to be, that they think to bandage our eyes with such thin gauzes?"
• "Woman's Buildin ', every one on 'em light and triflin' things, such as gauzes, and artificial flowers, and cossets, and high-heel shoes, and placks, and tattin ', and etc."
• "Health guide Dr Foster said 209 'foreign objects' such as gauzes and surgical instruments were left behind in patients after surgery in 2008/09."