Maze
Maze (māz) , noun
[Old English mase; compare Old English masen to confuse, puzzle, Norweg. masast to fall into a slumber, masa to be continually busy, prate, chatter, Icelandic masa to chatter, dial. Swedish masa to bask, be slow, work slowly and lazily, mas slow, lazy.]
1.
A wild fancy; a confused notion. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
2.
Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment.
3.
A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an intricacy; a labyrinth.
Quaint mazes on the wanton green.
Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook.
The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate,
Puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error.
4.
A complex and confusing system or set of rules that causes bewilderment; as, a maze of environmental regulations.
Maze , transitive verb
To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to amaze. — South
Maze , intransitive verb
To be bewildered. [Obsolete] — Chaucer