glazing

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glazing - 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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  Glazing \Glaz"ing\, n.
     1. The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with
        a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or
        rendering glossy.
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     2. The glass set, or to be set, in a sash, frame. etc.
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     3. The glass, glasslike, or glossy substance with which any
        surface is incrusted or overlaid; as, the glazing of
        pottery or porcelain, or of paper.
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     4. (Paint.) Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed
        thinly over other colors, to modify the effect.
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