English Explanatory Dictionary

wooze

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A liquid formed by leaching bark that is used for soaking hides during the tanning process.
  2. A state of wooziness.
verb
  1. To soak hides in wooze.
  2. To cause to feel woozy.
  3. To become woozy or sleepy.
  4. To move or function while in a daze.
  5. To speak while intoxicated; to say in a slurred voice.
  6. To gradually go in and out of mental focus.
  7. To move sinuously.

Word forms

wooze woozes woozing woozed

Etymology

From Middle English wosen, from Old English wōsan, variant of wēsan. Doublet of ooze.

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