"Glaze" Definition

Definitions for the word "Glaze" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. i.
To become glazed of glassy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze, v. t., 3.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
A glazing oven. See Glost oven.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v.
(-zing) 1 fit (a window etc.) With glass or (a building) with windows. 2 a cover (pottery etc.) With a glaze. B fix (paint) on pottery thus. 3 cover (pastry, cloth, etc.) With a glaze. 4 (often foll. By over) (of the eyes) become glassy. 5 give a glassy surface to. n. 1 vitreous substance for glazing pottery. 2 smooth shiny coating on food etc. 3 thin coat of transparent paint to modify underlying tone. 4 surface formed by glazing. [from *glass]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
6. slang
glass; generally applied to windows. To “star the GLAZE” is to break a window.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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