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.
Phrases and idioms:
glazed 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.
Derivatives:
glazer n. glazy adj.
Etymology: ME f. an oblique form of GLASS