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Definition of gaize

i. A siliceous rock containing some clay in the Ardennes and Meuse Valley, France.

ii. A porous fine-grained micaceous glauconitic sandstone containing much soluble silica among the Cretaceous rocks of France and Belgium; a calcareous sediment cemented by chert or flint.

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