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To view with attention; to gaze on . [R.] And gazed a while the ample sky. Milton.

A summerhouse so situated as to command an extensive prospect. [Colloq.]

Gazing. [R.] Spenser.

A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent. Sir W. Scott.

See Gazelle.

One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. [Written also gazel.]

View. [Obs.] Spenser.

One who gazes.

A Venetian coin, worth about three English farthings, or one and a half cents. [Obs.]

To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.

A newspaper; a gazette. [Obs.] Burke.

Gazing with astonishment; amazed. [Obs.] The whole army stood agazed on him. Shak.

The true gazelle.

A variety of the gazelle (Antilope, or Gazella, dorcas), found in Arabia and adjacent countries. (b) A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus. (c) A beautiful Brazilian toucan Ramphastos ariel).

To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeing or of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance.

To gaze; to overlook. [Poetic] "Earth's o'ergazing mountains." Byron.

To gaze upward. Byron.

The Asiatic gazelle.

make us ashamed of our species. Macaulay. An ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of those present. Darwin.

The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance. [R.] "The basilisk killeth by aspect." Bacon. His aspect was bent on the ground. Sir W. Scott.