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Meanings of baize in English

Portuguese
baeta
Spanish
paño de billar
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Loosely-woven plain-weave cotton or wool textile with a long nap, dyed solid colors (usually green)

        baeta
        Usage of baize in English
        1
        There were the usual tinsel things and red baize and sham flowers.
        Letters to Helen: Impressions of an Artist on the Western Front
        2
        Her eyes were fixed vacantly on the green baize of the table.
        The Bastonnais / Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775...
        3
        The roof inside, and most of the sides, lined with green baize.
        A Simpleton
        4
        Go to my house first and ask for the green baize bag.
        Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
        5
        Her maid on the threshold was carrying a small green baize box.
        A Prince of Sinners
        6
        Bodies are scattered over the baize-like grass, disgorged from Georgian offices, sunbathing.
        The Irish Times
        7
        His eyes were on the green baize, but his thoughts were elsewhere.
        Never-Fail Blake
        8
        Within were two or three green baize-covered card-tables and rude wooden chairs.
        Marion's Faith.
        9
        Judy opened a baize door, which shut behind her with a bang.
        A Young Mutineer
        10
        I'll ask mamma for a piece of green baize to pin up.
        Emilie the Peacemaker
        11
        A baize bag, of which Lydia had relieved him, contained his violin.
        Thyrza
        12
        This green baize cost 40 cents a yard at Mr. Stewart's store.
        The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 6: Artemus Ward's Pano...
        13
        The admiral laid his naval charts out on the Presidium's baize-covered table.
        One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
        14
        We went back through the baize door through which he had come.
        The Story of Bawn
        15
        And Abraham drew back the bolt, and opened the baize door.
        Earl Hubert's Daughter / The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of ...
        16
        Green baize alcove leading up to Pickleson in a Auction Room.
        Doctor Marigold
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        Translations for baize
        Portuguese
        baeta
        Baize through the time
        Baize across language varieties
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