glaze /ˈglez/
 釉,上光,光滑面(vt.)裝以玻璃,上釉于(vi.)變成為光滑,變獃滯


 Glaze v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glazed p. pr. & vb. n. Glazing.]
 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.
 2. Cookery Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
 3. A glazing oven. See Glost oven.

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 glaze
      n 1: any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied
           to foods
      2: a glossy finish on a fabric
      3: coating for fabrics, ceramics, metal, etc.
      v 1: coat with a glaze; "the potter glazed the dishes"
      2: become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes
         glaze over when she is bored" [syn: glass, glass over,
          glaze over]
      3: furnish with glass; "glass the windows" [syn: glass]
      4: coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze [syn:
         sugarcoat, candy]