maiz

plural maizes

1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of maize.

   INDIAN CORN (Maiz).—Consular statements to the contrary, this is an important product for local consumption in many portions of the island, especially flourishing on the uplands.

   1898, William Jared Clark, Commercial Cuba: A Book for Business Men, page 202

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   Corn, maiz, canvass and every kind of vegetables are growing on with the least amount of culture, the land being so fat and rich in virtues. So a ploughshare and a rake of epinous branches are sufficient to sow corn; what is to be done since the 15th of May until the 15th of July, without any need of other work to the harvest-time.

   1888, Mariano A. Pelliza, Manual of the Immigrant to the Argentine Republic, "Courrier de la Plata,", page 10