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Daze   /deɪz/   Listen
noun
Daze  n.  
1.
The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze. (Colloq.)
2.
(Mining) A glittering stone.


verb
Daze  v. t.  (past & past part. dazed; pres. part. dazing)  To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb. "While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen." "Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world." "He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest."





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"Daze" Quotes from Famous Books



... gate? Would he never get out? He did not know this street. Here on the corner was a wine shop with its open sides. But no men stood there drinking. Wine cups were tipped over and broken on the marble counter. Ariston stood in a daze and watched the wine spilling into ...
— Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae • Jennie Hall
... by. Crow's Mountain had become the scene of sharp but stealthy activity. Anderson went about the streets of Tinkletown as if in a daze. Acting upon the stern, almost offensive, advice of his new partners, he did not go near the "Mountain" after the first couple of days. They made it very plain to him that everything depended on his shrewdness in staying ...
— Anderson Crow, Detective • George Barr McCutcheon
... invented half a dozen harmless reasons for the letter, but none of them was the least convincing. The mere aspect of the letter frightened her horribly. There was no strength in her limbs. She tore the envelope in a daze. ...
— The Price of Love • Arnold Bennett
... other one pinned on the Deacon's coat. When Judy and Betty wanted to begin to fix things she understood without a word, led the Deacon out into the hall and are just a-standing there a-keeping him up in his daze by the courage in her own loving little heart. The good Lord bless and keep the child! Now, go on, Tom, and see what you can do! Yes, Cindy will run right over and tell Mis' Peavey. And stop in and see Squire Tutt, for Henny Turner says ...
— The Road to Providence • Maria Thompson Daviess
... supposed we'd dine in public, but if you like this better, so do I. When we pull ourselves together and get settled a bit we'll make our plans for the future. At present I'm still in a daze. It was a terrible night for all of us. When I think of it I'm sure it must have been a dream. I saw Merkle; he's perfectly cold and matter-of-fact about it all. He got back to Hammon's house ahead of the doctor, and nobody suspects ...
— The Auction Block • Rex Beach


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