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Glaze \Glaze\, v. i.
To become glazed of glassy.
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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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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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Glost oven \Glost" ov`en\
An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; -- also called
{glaze kiln}, or {glaze}.
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