Glaze (glāz), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Glazed (glāzd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Glazing.] [OE. glasen, glazen, fr.
glas. See Glass.]
1. To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a
case, etc.) with glass.
Two cabinets daintily paved, richly handed, and
glazed with crystalline glass.
Bacon.
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.
Sorrow's eye glazed with blinding
tears.
Shak.
3. (Paint.) To apply thinly a
transparent or semitransparent color to (another color), to modify
the effect.
Glaze, v. i. To become glazed of
glassy.
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.
2. (Cookery) Broth reduced by boiling
to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised
dishes.
3. A glazing oven. See Glost
oven.
