glacé

[gla-sey]

gla·cé

[gla-sey] adjective, verb, gla·céed, gla·cé·ing.
1.
frosted or iced, as cake.
2.
candied, as fruits.
adjective
3.
4.
finished with a gloss, as kid or silk.

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to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
verb (used with object)
5.
to make glacé.

Origin:
1840–50; < French, past participle of glacer to freeze, derivative of glace ice < Latin glaciēs
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glacé (ˈɡlæsɪ)
 
adj
1.  crystallized or candied: glacé cherries
2.  covered in icing
3.  (of leather, silk, etc) having a glossy finish
4.  chiefly (US) frozen or iced
 
vb , -cés, -céing, -céed
5.  (tr) to ice or candy (cakes, fruits, etc)
 
[C19: from French glacé, literally: iced, from glacer to freeze, from glace ice, from Latin glaciēs]

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