† baze, v. Obs. or dial.
Also baize.
[App. identical with Du. bazen, verbazen to astonish, stupefy; but its late appearance in Eng. (or Sc.) is not explained. Cf. also obs. Ger. basen (in Grimm) to rave.]
To stupefy, frighten, alarm.
| 1603 Philotus cxlviii, As with a Bogill bazed. 1807 J. Stagg Poems 39 Guod neebor's ne'er be baz'd, I'll undertake the wark. 1808 Cumb. Ball. lxxv. 172 Tom Ridley was aw baized wi' drinkin. |