Glaze
[gleɪz] or [ɡlez]
Definition
(noun.) a coating for ceramics, metal, etc..
(noun.) a glossy finish on a fabric.
(noun.) any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods.
(verb.) become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; 'Her eyes glaze over when she is bored'.
(verb.) coat with a glaze; 'the potter glazed the dishes'; 'glaze the bread with eggwhite'.
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Definition
(v. i.) To become glazed of glassy.
(n.) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze, v. t., 3.
(v. t.) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
(v. t.) A glazing oven. See Glost oven.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Put glass in (windows), furnish with glass.[2]. Cover with a glassy substance.[3]. Calender, polish, gloss, burnish, furbish, give a glossy surface to.
n. Glazing, enamel.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Vitrefy, gloss, polish, burnish, furbish
ANT:Roughen, corrugate, rumple, crumple, Gleam,[See GLARE]
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Definition
v.t. to furnish or set with glass: to cover with a thin surface of glass or something glassy: to give a glassy surface to.—n. the glassy coating put upon pottery: any shining exterior.—ns. Glāz′er a workman who glazes pottery paper &c.; Glā′zier one who sets glass in window-frames &c. (for glazer; like law-y-er for law-er); Glāz′ing the act or art of setting glass: the art of covering with a vitreous substance: (paint.) semi-transparent colours put thinly over others to modify the effect.
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Examples
- Her intentions in short had never been more definite; but poor Lily, for all the hard glaze of her exterior, was inwardly as malleable as wax. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- His enamel is hard, but the glaze is not so fine as that of Delft. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In the _biscuit_ or _bisque_ form pottery is bibulous, the prepared glaze sinks into its pores and when burned forms a vitreous coating. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Of course it is the glaze, but I don't like it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They both laughed, and he knelt by the table to light the lamp under the kettle, while she measured out the tea into a little tea-pot of green glaze. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- A couple of glazed book-cases were here, containing standard works in stout gilt bindings. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Her eyes glazed--she tottered--I thought that she would faint. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He looked at him, as he passed through the hall and up the staircase, going to dinner, with a glazed fixedness that Mr Dorrit did not like. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Man and horse were down; they had slipped on the sheet of ice which glazed the causeway. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I saw full well that no spark of life existed in that ruined form, his features were rigid, his eyes glazed, his head had fallen back. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A mother cradled in her enfeebled arms the child, last of many, whose glazed eye was about to close for ever. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He wore a glazed hat, an ancient boat-cloak, and shoes; his brass buttons bearing an anchor upon their face. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The poor little dog's eyes were glazing fast, and there were spots of blood on its glossy white side. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is evident that if we cut our fodder at the time the corn is glazing our practice is as near correct as the present stage of investigation points out. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- In the production of metallic glazes, the oxides generally are employed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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