Glaze (glāz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glazed (glāzd); 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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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.
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2. (Cookery) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
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3. A glazing oven. See Glost oven.
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