- glaze
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I. verb
(glazed; glazing)
Etymology: Middle English glasen, from glas glass
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. to furnish or fit with glass
2.
a. to coat with or as if with a glaze <the storm glazed trees with ice> b. to apply a glaze to <glaze doughnuts> 3. to give a smooth glossy surface to intransitive verb 1. to become glazed or glassy <my eyes glazed over> 2. to form a glaze • glazer noun II. noun Date: 1752 1. a smooth slippery coating of thin ice 2. a. (1) a liquid preparation applied to food on which it forms a firm glossy coating (2) a mixture mostly of oxides (as silica and alumina) applied to the surface of ceramic wares to form a moisture-impervious and often lustrous or ornamental coating b. a transparent or translucent color applied to modify the effect of a painted surface c. a smooth glossy or lustrous surface or finish 3. a glassy film III. intransitive verb (glazed; glazing) Etymology: probably blend of glare and gaze Date: 1601 archaic stare
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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