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noun

Glaze n.

1.

The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze, v. t., 3.

2.

(Cookery) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.

3.

A glazing oven. See Glost oven.

verb

Glaze v. t. (past & past part. glazed; pres. part. glazing)

1.

To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a case, etc.) with glass. "Two cabinets daintily paved, richly handed, and glazed with crystalline glass."

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. "Sorrow's eye glazed with blinding tears."

3.

(Paint.) To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to (another color), to modify the effect.

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.

Glaze v. i. To become glazed of glassy.

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Etymology of 'Glaze'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Glaze" Quotes from Famous Books

... skimmed, and set on to boil very quick till it is thick. The meat is to be kept hot; and if larded, put into the oven for a few minutes. Then put the jelly over it, which is called glazing, and is used for ham, tongue, and various made-dishes. White wine is added to some glazing. The glaze should be of beautiful clear yellow brown, and it is best put ...

— The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, • Mary Eaton

... David, holding his wife closely to him.—"At Saintes, not very far from here, in the sixteenth century, there lived one of the very greatest of Frenchmen, for he was not merely the inventor of glaze, he was the glorious precursor of Buffon and Cuvier besides; he was the first geologist, good, simple soul that he was. Bernard Palissy endured the martyrdom appointed for all seekers into secrets but his wife and ...

— Eve and David • Honore de Balzac

... of any sort, as many unfortunately do, is injurious, because these scratch the enamel of the teeth and give the acids in the mouth a chink through which they may begin to attack the softer dentine underneath the "glaze" of enamel. ...

— A Handbook of Health • Woods Hutchinson

... to meet Palissy, and finding that the same subjects interested them both, he showed him the cup. The young man could scarcely contain himself at the sight. For some time he had been turning over in his mind the possibility of discovering enamel, or glaze, to put on the earthen pots, and now here, in perfection, was the very thing ...

— The Red Book of Heroes • Leonora Blanche Lang

... seemingly not more than eighteen years old. He had an orange, which his father had given him, tightly gripped in his right hand, which was lying across his breast. But, poor boy! it was manifest that that orange would never be tasted by him, as the glaze of death was then gathering on his eyes, and he was in a semi-unconscious condition. And the poor old father was fluttering around the stretcher, in an aimless, distracted manner, wanting to do something to help his boy—but the time had come when nothing could be done. While thus occupied ...

— The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 • Leander Stillwell

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