ɡleɪz v. & n. --v. 1 tr. a fit (a
window,
picture, etc.)
with glass. b
provide (a building) with glass windows. 2 tr. a
cover (pottery etc.) with a glaze. b
fix (paint) on
pottery with a glaze. 3 tr. cover (pastry,
meat, etc.) with a glaze. 4 intr. (often foll. by over) (of
the eyes)
become fixed or
glassy (his eyes glazed over). 5 tr. cover (cloth,
paper,
leather, a painted
surface, etc.) with a glaze. 6 tr.
give a glassy surface
to, e.g. by
rubbing. --n. 1 a
vitreous substance, usu. a
special glass, used to glaze pottery. 2 a
smooth shiny coating of
milk,
sugar, gelatine,
etc., on
food. 3 a
thin topcoat of
transparent paint used to
modify the
tone of the
underlying colour. 4 a smooth surface formed by
glazing. 5 US a thin coating of
ice. øglazed
frost a glassy coating of ice caused by
frozen rain or a
sudden thaw succeeded by a frost. glaze in
enclose (a
building, a window
frame, etc.) with glass. øøglazer n. glazy adj. [ME f. an
oblique form of GLASS]
