baize, bayes

[In Sw. boj ; Dan. bay ; Dut. baa i ; O. Fr. bai ; Fr. bayette , baïette ; Sp. bayeta ; Port. baeta ; Ital. baietta , from Lat. badius chestnut-coloured.] A coarse woollen stuff, something like flannel, formerly used in England for garments, now employed chiefly for curtains, covers, . Crabb says, "The name and the thing were introduced into England by the Flemish refugees." (Scott: Rokeby , vi. 10.)