Glazing

Glazing
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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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