glazing
English edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle English glasynge; equivalent to glaze + -ing.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
glazing
- present participle and gerund of glaze
Noun edit
glazing (countable and uncountable, plural glazings)
- (gerund) The act or process of glazing or an instance thereof.
- The material used in such act or process; glaze.
- Before new glazier's putty can be applied, the various bits of old glazing must be scraped off.
- The part of a window or wall made of glass or another transparent material.
- (architecture) All the windows of a building.
- The art of covering with a vitreous substance.
- (art) Semi-transparent colours painted thinly over others to modify the effect.
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Noun edit
glazing
- Alternative form of glasynge