subs. (old).—See quot. 1755.
1706. LOCKE, Conduct of the Understanding, § 20. Those who are accustomed to reason have got the true key of books, and the clue to lead them through the MIZMAZE of variety of opinions and authors to truth.
1755. JOHNSON, A Dictionary of the English Language, s.v. MIZMAZE. A cant word, formed from maze by reduplication. A maze; a labyrinth.
1875. PARISH, Sussex Glossary [DAVIES]. I was all of a MIZMAZE—I was all in a bewilderment.
1883. American, viii. 308. Unless he had repeated that verbal MIZ-MAZE of the Convention.
