† ˈbombasie Obs.
Also 6 bombezie.
[variant of bombace or bombasine.]
1. Raw cotton, cotton-wool.
| 1576 Baker Gesner's Jewell Health 189 b, A feather or fine bombasie wette in the oyle. 1578 Lyte Dodoens vi. xlvi. 719 Dip a little Cotton or Bombasie in the sayde milke, and lay it to your tooth. |
2. = bombasine 2.
| 1588 Record in Law Memorials Pref. 33 note, 3 elles of bombezie. |