an edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the egyptian and cretan labyrinths.-any intricate or involved inclosure; especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or garden.-any object or arrangement of an intricate or involved form, or having a very complicated nature.-an inextricable or bewildering difficulty.-the internal ear. see note under ear.-a series of canals through which a stream of water is directed for suspending, carrying off, and depositing at different distances, the ground ore of a metal.-a pattern or design representing a maze, -- often inlaid in the tiled floor of a church, etc.