Craze, n. (Ceramics) A crack
in the glaze or enamel such as is caused by exposure of the pottery to
great or irregular heat.
Craze (krāz), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Crazed (krāzd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Crazing.] [OE.
crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw.
krasa to crackle, slå i kras, to break to
pieces, F. écraser to crush, fr. the Scand. Cf.
Crash.] 1. To break into pieces; to
crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.
God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And
craze their chariot wheels.
Milton.
2. To weaken; to impair; to render
decrepit. [Obs.]
Till length of years,
And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs.
Milton.
3. To derange the intellect of; to render
insane.
Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his
wits.
Tilloston.
Grief hath crazed my wits.
Shak.
Craze, v. i. 1.
To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to
rave; to become insane.
She would weep and he would craze.
Keats.
2. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain
or pottery.
Craze, n. 1.
Craziness; insanity.
2. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a
crotchet.
It was quite a craze with him [Burns] to
have his Jean dressed genteelly.
Prof. Wilson.
3. A temporary passion or infatuation, as
for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac
craze; the æsthetic craze.
Various crazes concerning health and
disease.
W. Pater.
Craze, n. (Ceramics) A crack
in the glaze or enamel such as is caused by exposure of the pottery to
great or irregular heat.
