glaze

Etymology

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

noun

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

verb

1. (transitive) To install windows.
2. (transitive, ceramics, painting) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
   An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing. 2004, Frank Hamer, Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London, Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, page 248
3. (intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
4. (intransitive) For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.