maze

1) A state of bewilderment or confusion.

1673 some good ministers about Manchester haue given over their work, most being in a mase what to doe, Northowram. Probably ‘maze’ in the sense of labyrinth although a contracted form of ‘amazement’ also seems possible.

places Northowram
dates 1673

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