From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
glaze
n 1: any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied
to foods
2: a glossy finish on a fabric
3: coating for fabrics, ceramics, metal, etc.
v 1: coat with a glaze; "the potter glazed the dishes"
2: become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes
glaze over when she is bored" [syn: glass, glass over,
glaze over]
3: furnish with glass; "glass the windows" [syn: glass]
4: coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze [syn:
sugarcoat, candy]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Glaze \Glaze\, v. i.
To become glazed of glassy.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Glaze \Glaze\ (gl[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glazed
(gl[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Glazing.] [OE. glasen, glazen,
fr. glas. See Glass.]
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1. To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a case, etc.) with
glass.
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Two cabinets daintily paved, richly handed, and
glazed with crystalline glass. --Bacon.
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2. To incrust, cover, or overlay with a thin surface,
consisting of, or resembling, glass; as, to glaze
earthenware; hence, to render smooth, glasslike, or
glossy; as, to glaze paper, gunpowder, and the like.
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Sorrow's eye glazed with blinding tears. --Shak.
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3. (Paint.) To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent
color to (another color), to modify the effect.
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4. (Cookery) To cover (a donut, cupcake, meat, etc.) with a
thin layer of edible syrup, or other substance which may
solidify to a glossy coating. The material used for
glazing is usually sweet or highly flavored.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Glaze \Glaze\, n.
1. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything
used as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze, v. t.,
3. --Ure.
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2. (Cookery) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste,
and spread thinly over braised dishes.
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3. A glazing oven. See Glost oven.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Glost oven \Glost" ov`en\
An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; -- also called
glaze kiln, or glaze.
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