different between baize vs baized

English

Etymology

From French baies, feminine plural of adjective bai (“bay-colored”) mistaken as a singular noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be?z/
• Homophone: bays

  Rhymes: -e?z

Noun

baize (countable and uncountable, plural baizes)

1. A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.
2. (dated) A coarse woolen material with a long nap; usually dyed in plain colors.

Translations

Verb

baize (third-person singular simple present baizes, present participle baizing, simple past and past participle baized)

1. To cover or line with baize.

Anagrams

• Zieba

English

Etymology

baize +? -ed

Adjective

baized (not comparable)

1. Covered with baize.
   • 183?, Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz

     Crossing a quiet and shady courtyard, paved with stone, and frowned upon by old red brick houses, on the doors of which were painted the names of sundry learned civilians, we paused before a small green-baized, brass-headed-nailed door […]