wire gauze

  • 41wire netting — netting made of interwoven wire, coarser than wire gauze. [1850 55] * * * …

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  • 42gauze mat — noun A piece of laboratory apparatus consisting of a flat piece of wire gauze placed on a tripod to give a beaker or flask additional support or to distribute heat more evenly …

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  • 43gauze — [gôz] n. [Fr gaze < Sp gasa < Ar ḳazz, raw silk < Pers käž] 1. any very thin, light, transparent, loosely woven material, as of cotton or silk 2. any similar but stiff material, as of thin wire 3. a thin mist …

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  • 44down to the wire — Wire Wire (w[imac]r), n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[=i]rr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. [root]141.] [1913 Webster] 1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an… …

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  • 45under the wire — Wire Wire (w[imac]r), n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[=i]rr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. [root]141.] [1913 Webster] 1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an… …

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  • 46gauze — /gɔz / (say gawz) noun 1. any thin transparent fabric made from any fibre in a plain or leno weave, used as a fabric for clothing, or for medical dressings. 2. something similar with a fine open weave, but made from a different material, such as… …

  • 47gauze — gauzelike, adj. /gawz/, n. 1. any thin and often transparent fabric made from any fiber in a plain or leno weave. 2. a surgical dressing of loosely woven cotton. 3. any material made of an open, meshlike weave, as of wire. 4. a thin haze. [1555… …

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  • 48gauze — [[t]gɔz[/t]] n. 1) tex thin and often transparent fabric made from any fiber in a plain or leno weave 2) med a surgical dressing of loosely woven cotton 3) tex any material made of an open, meshlike weave, as of wire 4) a thin haze • Etymology:… …

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  • 49gauze — n. 1 a thin transparent fabric of silk, cotton, etc. 2 a fine mesh of wire etc. 3 a slight haze. Etymology: F gaze f. Gaza in Palestine …

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  • 50flour gauze — мучное сито grits gauze крупочное сито wire gauze проволочное сито grit gauze cover крупочное сито grit gauze cloth сито для просеивания крупок …

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