glaze

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See also: glāze, glāzē, and Glaze

English

Etymology

From Middle English glasen, from glas (“glass”) (Modern English glass), from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Related to glazen.

The noun is from the verb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡleɪz/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪz

Noun

glaze (countable and uncountable, plural glazes)

  1. (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
  2. A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
  3. (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
  4. Any smooth, transparent layer or coating.
  5. A smooth edible coating applied to food.
  6. (cooking) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
  7. A glazing oven; glost oven.

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Verb

glaze (third-person singular simple present glazes, present participle glazing, simple past and past participle glazed)

  1. (transitive) To install windows.
  2. (transitive, ceramics, painting) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
    • 2004, Frank Hamer with Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London, Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 248:
      An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.
  3. (intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
  4. (intransitive) For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.
  5. (intransitive, slang) To overcompliment, overpraise someone, to be overprotective about someone; to dickride, to meatride

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References

  • Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.

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Verb

glaze

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of glazen
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