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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Glaze \Glaze\ (gl[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glazed (gl[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Glazing.] [OE. glasen, glazen, fr. glas. See Glass.] [1913 Webster] 1. To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a case, etc.) with glass. [1913 Webster] Two cabinets daintily paved, richly handed, and glazed with crystalline glass. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Sorrow's eye glazed with blinding tears. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Paint.) To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to (another color), to modify the effect. [1913 Webster] 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. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Glazing \Glaz"ing\, n. 1. The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or rendering glossy. [1913 Webster] 2. The glass set, or to be set, in a sash, frame. etc. [1913 Webster] 3. The glass, glasslike, or glossy substance with which any surface is incrusted or overlaid; as, the glazing of pottery or porcelain, or of paper. [1913 Webster] 4. (Paint.) Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed thinly over other colors, to modify the effect. [1913 Webster]