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gauze 1. a. a transparent cloth of loose plain or leno weave b. (as modifier): a gauze veil 2. a surgical dressing of muslin or similar material 3. a fine mist or haze gauze [gȯz] (materials) A sheer, loosely woven textile fabric similar to cheesecloth; used for surgical dressings. A plastic or wire mesh. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| By the time I've gotten to this sentence I will have justified hours of procrastination by masturbating to gauzily cliched fantasies of sexual encounters with Meryl Streep, Tilda Swinton, and that hot journalist from Premiere who sat to my right at the screening and chewed on her pen the whole time. Also for Cassina, Jorge Pensi's Raster storage system in gauzily translucent methacrylate embodied a strong geometric rigour animated by the play of light. The commercial success of Basic Instinct, a vivid saga of sex and violence that makes King's gauzily photographed sexual fantasies look like Harlequin romances, has abruptly blurred the line that once separated the mainstream from the on-the-edge, such as that purveyed by David Lynch and the Coen Brothers. |
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