What's the difference between baize and braize?

Baize


Definition:

  • (n.) A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors.

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  • (1) The BBC's coverage is up and running and, as the grating MC persona trills, the boys are being called to the baize.
  • (2) 3.41pm BST More trouble for O'Sullivan here, the right face on him in his seat as another loose shot puts Selby back on the table – keeping the Rocket off the baize has been key in this session so far.
  • (3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Metropolitan police’s 3D graphic showing polonium contamination on the green baize tablecloth in Grosvenor Square.
  • (4) Photograph: Screengrab … and Gary Lineker taking on Mark Lawrenson on the baize: Gary Lineker and Mark Lawrenson play snooker.
  • (5) Nuclear experts later found huge amounts of contamination on a small area of the green baize tablecloth.
  • (6) Balls and baize, yes, but also human beings, human souls, and an easy way to determine which are worth your time.
  • (7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Metropolitan Police’s 3D graphic showing polonium contamination on the green baize tablecloth in Grosvenor Square 2 The most extraordinary piece of new evidence involves a German waiter Lugovoi and Kovtun have consistently denied they had anything to do with Litvinenko’s death.
  • (8) America's midwest produces half the world's corn and Iowa its largest harvest, yet amid the worst drought in living memory all the untrained eye can see is the occasional brown mark, like a cigarette burn on the baize of a pool table.

Braize


Definition:

  • (n.) A European marine fish (Pagrus vulgaris) allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species.
  • (n.) Charcoal powder; breeze.
  • (n.) Braised meat.
  • (n.) See Braise.

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