See also: glāze, glāzē, and Glaze

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Etymology edit

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.

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

Noun edit

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 edit

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.

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

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glaze

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