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glazes

[gleyz] Origin

glaze

[gleyz] verb, glazed, glaz·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to furnish or fill with glass: to glaze a window.
2.
to give a vitreous surface or coating to (a ceramic or the like), as by the application of a substance or by fusion of the body.
3.
to cover with a smooth, glossy surface or coating.
4.
Cookery. to coat (a food) with sugar, a sugar syrup, or some other glossy, edible substance.
5.
Fine Arts. to cover (a painted surface or parts of it) with a thin layer of transparent color in order to modify the tone.
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6.
to give a glassy surface to, as by polishing.
7.
to give a coating of ice to (frozen food) by dipping in water.
8.
to grind (cutlery blades) in preparation for finishing.
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verb (used without object)
9.
to become glazed or glassy: Their eyes glazed over as the lecturer droned on.
10.
(of a grinding wheel) to lose abrasive quality through polishing of the surface from wear.

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noun
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a smooth, glossy surface or coating.
12.
the substance for producing such a coating.
13.
Ceramics.
a.
a vitreous layer or coating on a piece of pottery.
b.
the substance of which such a layer or coating is made.
14.
Fine Arts. a thin layer of transparent color spread over a painted surface.
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a smooth, lustrous surface on certain fabrics, produced by treating the material with a chemical and calendering.
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Cookery.
a.
a substance used to coat a food, especially sugar or sugar syrup.
b.
stock cooked down to a thin paste for applying to the surface of meats.
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Also called glaze ice, silver frost, silver thaw, verglas; especially British, glazed frost. a thin coating of ice on terrestrial objects, caused by rain that freezes on impact. Compare rime1 (def. 1).
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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English glasen, derivative of glas glass

glaz·i·ly, adverb
glaz·i·ness, noun
re·glaze, verb (used with object), -glazed, -glaz·ing.
sem·i·glaze, noun
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Word Origin & History

glaze
mid-14c., glasen "to fit with glass," from glas (see glass), probably infl. by glazier (late 14c.). Noun sense of "substance used to make a glossy coating" is first attested 1784.
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