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maiz

maiz is the obsolete spelling of maize.

Meaning of maize

Noun

maize (countable and uncountable, plural maizes)

  1. Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
    • But alass! these, when they had maize (yt is, Indean corne) they thought it as good as a feast, and wanted not only for 5. days togeather, but some time 2. or 3. months togeather, and neither had bread nor any kind of corne.1623, William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation

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Forms of maiz

pluralmaizes

Questions about maiz

What is maiz the obsolete spelling of?
Maiz is the obsolete spelling of maize.

Words near maiz in the dictionary

  1. maitrī
  2. maiuscule
  3. maiuscules
  4. Maiwar
  5. Maiya
  6. maiz
  7. maizaniid
  8. maizaniids
  9. maize
  10. maize dance
  11. maize dances

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