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glace

  [glas]
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–noun Canadian (chiefly Montreal).
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
Origin:
< CanF, F: ice; see glacé

gla⋅cé

  [gla-sey] adjective, verb, -céed, -cé⋅ing.
1. frosted or iced, as cake.
2. candied, as fruits.
–adjective
3. frozen.
4. finished with a gloss, as kid or silk.
–verb (used with object)
5. to make glacé.
Origin:
1840–50; < F, ptp. of glacer to freeze, deriv. of glace ice < L glaciēs
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gla·cé   (glä-sā')   
adj.  
  1. Having a smooth, glazed or glossy surface, such as certain silks or leathers.
  2. Coated with a sugar glaze; candied.
tr.v.   gla·céed, gla·cé·ing, gla·cés
  1. To glaze.
  2. To candy.

[French, from past participle of glacer, to glaze, freeze, from Old French, to freeze, from Latin glaciāre; see glaciate.]
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