glaze

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
glaze
    n 1: any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings
         applied to foods
    2: a glossy finish on a fabric
    3: a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
    v 1: coat with a glaze; "the potter glazed the dishes"; "glaze
         the bread with eggwhite"
    2: become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes
       glaze over when she is bored" [syn: {glaze}, {glass}, {glass
       over}, {glaze over}]
    3: furnish with glass; "glass the windows" [syn: {glass},
       {glaze}]
    4: coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze [syn:
       {sugarcoat}, {glaze}, {candy}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glaze \Glaze\, v. i.
   To become glazed of glassy.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glaze \Glaze\ (gl[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glazed}
   (gl[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Glazing}.] [OE. glasen, glazen,
   fr. glas. See {Glass}.]
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   1. To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a case, etc.) with
      glass.
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            Two cabinets daintily paved, richly handed, and
            glazed with crystalline glass.        --Bacon.
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   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.
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            Sorrow's eye glazed with blinding tears. --Shak.
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   3. (Paint.) To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent
      color to (another color), to modify the effect.
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   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.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glaze \Glaze\, n.
   1. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything
      used as a coating or color in glazing. See {Glaze}, v. t.,
      3. --Ure.
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   2. (Cookery) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste,
      and spread thinly over braised dishes.
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   3. A glazing oven. See {Glost oven}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glost oven \Glost" ov`en\
   An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; -- also called
   {glaze kiln}, or {glaze}.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
191 Moby Thesaurus words for "glaze":
      Dry Ice, Jell-O, apply paint, bake, bedaub, bedizen, begild, berg,
      besmear, blancmange, board, brick, brush on paint, buff, burnish,
      calcimine, calf, candy, china clay, china stone, clapboard, clay,
      coat, coating, color, comfit, complexion, compote, confection,
      confectionery, confiture, conserve, cover, covering, cryosphere,
      dab, daub, deep-dye, dip, distemper, double-dye, dulcify, dye,
      edulcorate, emblazon, enamel, engild, face, fast-dye, finish, fire,
      fireclay, firn, floe, flux, frazil, fresco, frosting, frozen water,
      furbish, gelatin, gild, glaciation, glacier, glacieret, glance,
      glass, glazed frost, glint, gloss, grain, granular snow,
      ground ice, growler, honey, hue, ice, ice banner, ice barrier,
      ice belt, ice cave, ice cubes, ice dike, ice field, ice floe,
      ice foot, ice front, ice island, ice needle, ice pack,
      ice pinnacle, ice raft, ice sheet, iceberg, icefall, icequake,
      icicle, icing, illuminate, imbue, ingrain, jam, japan, jelly,
      jokul, kaolin, lacquer, lath, lay on color, lolly, luster,
      marmalade, meringue, mold, mousse, mull, neve, nieve penitente,
      pack ice, paint, paper, parget, patina, petuntse, pigment, plank,
      polish, porcelain clay, pot, preserve, prime, refractory clay,
      revet, rub, saccharify, scour, serac, shade, shadow, shake, shape,
      sheathe, sheen, shelf ice, shellac, shine, shingle, slate, sleek,
      sleet, slick, slick down, slip, slob, slop on paint, sludge, smear,
      snow ice, snowberg, stain, stipple, stone, sugar, sugar off,
      sugarcoat, sweet, sweet stuff, sweeten, sweetmeat, sweets, thatch,
      throw, tile, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, turn a pot,
      tutti-frutti, undercoat, varnish, veneer, wall in, wall up,
      wallpaper, wash, wax, weatherboard, whipped cream, whitewash

    

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