glaze

Meanings

Noun

• The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
• A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
• A smooth edible coating applied to food.
• A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
• Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
• A glazing oven; glost oven.

Verb

• To install windows.
• To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
• To become glazed or glassy.
• For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.

Origin

• From Middle English glasen, from glas (Modern English glass), from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Related to glazen.
• The noun is from the verb.