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    glassed glazed adj.
    1. fitted or covered with glass; as, “a glassed wall”. Opposite of unglazed.

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    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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    glazed (glāzd) adj.
    1. Same as glassed.

    Syn. -- glassed.

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    2. Having a shiny surface or coating; as, “glazed fabrics; glazed doughnuts”. [Narrower terms: glassy, vitreous, vitrified; glossy, calendered; icy ; glacé] unglazed

    Syn. -- shiny.

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    3. Lacking liveliness; -- used of eyes; as, “a glazed look”.

    Syn. -- glassy.

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