Part 6901

<hw>Maz"de*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The Zoroastrian religion.</def>

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<hw>Maze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>mase</ets>; cf. OE. <ets>masen</ets> to confuse, puzzle, Norweg. <ets>masast</ets> to fall into a slumber, <ets>masa</ets> to be continually busy, prate, chatter, Icel. <ets>masa</ets> to chatter, dial. Sw. <ets>masa</ets> to bask, be slow, work slowly and lazily, <ets>mas</ets> slow, lazy.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A wild fancy; a confused notion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an intricacy; a labyrinth.</def> "Quaint <i>mazes</i> on the wanton green."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Or down the tempting <b>maze</b> of Shawford brook. <i>Wordaworth.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled with <b>mazes</b>, and perplexed with error. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Labyrinth; intricacy. See <er>Labyrinth</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Maze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Mazed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Mazing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to amaze.</def>

<i>South.</i>

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<hw>Maze</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be bewildered.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Maz"ed*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The condition of being mazed; confusion; astonishment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Maze"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Mazy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Mazer</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Maz"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>maser</ets>, akin to OD. <ets>maser</ets> an excrescence on a maple tree, OHG. <ets>masar</ets>, G. <ets>maser</ets> spot, Icel. <ets>m\'94surr</ets> maple.]</ety> <def>A large drinking bowl; -- originally made of maple.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Their brimful <b>mazers</b> to the feasting bring. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Mazily</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Ma"zi*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a mazy manner.</def>

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