1. [n]  complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
2. [n]  something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations"

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1. \Maze\, n. [OE. mase; cf. OE. masen to confuse, puzzle,
   Norweg. masast to fall into a slumber, masa to be continually
   busy, prate, chatter, Icel. masa to chatter, dial. Sw. masa
   to bask, be slow, work slowly and lazily, mas slow, lazy.]
   1. A wild fancy; a confused notion. [Obs.] --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.'' --Shak.
            Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook.
                                                  --Wordaworth.
            The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled
            with mazes, and perplexed with error. --Addison.
   Syn: Labyrinth; intricacy. See {Labyrinth}.
   

2. \Maze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mazed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Mazing}.]
   To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to
   amaze. --South.
   

3. \Maze\, v. i.
   To be bewildered. [Obs.] --Chaucer.