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.
