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▪ I. ˈmazing, vbl. n. [f. maze v. + -ing1.] The action of causing amazement, astonishment.
1600S. Nicholson Acolastus (1876) 39 Sweeping they came, and seemd to brush the ground, Their tipto-tripping pace bred double mazing, Their ratling silkes my sences did confound. ▪ II. mazing, ppl. a.|ˈmeɪzɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing2.] Causing confusion, bewilderment, or perplexity.
c1449Pecock Repr. ii. xiv. 230 He schal ful ofte bi masing studie be ful idil, whanne he myȝte be weel and fruytfulli occupied. 1556J. Heywood Spider & F. lviii. 30 This ant..Hath cast manie masing mists before your iyse. 1623tr. Favine's Theat. Hon. vi. v. 132 Clewes, to guide us out of these mazing Labyrinths. 1833Philol. Museum II. 442 The mazing and dazzling power of a rich system of harmonies. |