wooze
A liquid formed by leaching bark that is used for soaking hides during the tanning process.
countable, uncountable
No person shall set the fats in tan hills, or other places, where the woozes or leather may take any unkind heats; or shall put any leather into any hot or warm woozes; or shall tan any hide or skin with any hot or warm woozes; [...]
A state of wooziness.
countable, uncountable
"Ah, but you are punishing yourself needlessly, Sonya, I think." Ilya said expansively, leaning a bit closer himself, and seeming to weave in her vision woozily, though whether she was woozing, or he was woozing, or both of them were sharing a friendly little wooze together, it was hard to tell.
Where it comes from
From Middle English wosen, from Old English wōsan, variant of wēsan. Doublet of ooze.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry wooze (CC BY-SA 4.0).