glaze

  1. Noun.  (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
  2. Noun.  A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
  3. Noun.  (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
  4. Noun.  Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
  5. Noun.  A glazing oven. See Glost oven.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To install windows.
  7. Verb.  (intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) In painting, to apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.

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