The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glazing \Glaz"ing\, n.
1. The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with
a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or
rendering glossy.
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2. The glass set, or to be set, in a sash, frame. etc.
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3. The glass, glasslike, or glossy substance with which any
surface is incrusted or overlaid; as, the glazing of
pottery or porcelain, or of paper.
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4. (Paint.) Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed
thinly over other colors, to modify the effect.
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