Noun

(-)

A specific genre of dance music originating in Rio de Janeiro, also known as Funk Carioca

* {{quote-news, year=2006, date=August 25, author=Jessica Hopper, title=Stick This in Your iTunes, work=Chicago Reader citation

, passage=The irreverent banger "Hey You" repos Balkan brass and sets it to pure Chicago juke step, which bleeds into a colossal baile beat and, for good measure, some trashy Eurotrance. }}

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=March 30, author=, title=Pop and Rock Listings, work=New York Times citation

, passage=He has been borrowing from Brazilian baile funk for years, and the first release on his new record label, Mad Descent, is by the Brazilian group Bonde do Role. }}

Noun

(en noun)

A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.

(dated) A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors.

* 1719:

my goods being all English manufacture, such as cloths, stuffs, baize , and things particularly valuable and desirable in the country, I found means to sell them to a very great advantage...

* 1885:

At the further end, a flight of stairs mounted to a door covered with a red baize ; and through this, Mr. Utterson was at last received into the doctor's cabinet.