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bumbaze
bumbaze, v. Chiefly Sc. (bʌmˈbeɪz) Also 8 bombaze, -base, 9 bumbaize. [app. a kind of intensive form of baze v.; but cf. also bamboozle.] To confound, perplex, bamboozle.1725 Ramsay Gentle Sheph. i. i, She..gars me look bombaz'd and unco blate. Ibid. iv. ii, Then oft by night, bombase hare-hearted f...
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bamboozle
▪ I. bamboozle, v. (bæmˈbuːz(ə)l) Also 8 bambouzle. [Appears about 1700; mentioned in the Tatler No. 230 (on ‘the continual Corruption of our English Tongue’) among other slang terms (banter, put, kidney, sham, mob, bubble, bully, etc.) recently invented or brought into vogue. Prob. therefore of can...
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bombase
▪ I. † bombase, v. Obs. Also 6 bum-, boombas; pa. pple. bombast. [f. bombace n.: stress orig. on the last, and afterwards on the first syllable.] 1. trans. To stuff with cotton-wool; to pad.1558 Will of R. Lee (Somerset Ho.), My doublett of sacke clothe that is bumbased. 1598 Florio, Imbottire..to s...
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